FAMOUS Muslim cleric and principal figure in the Tijjaniyya sect, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi has asked the federal government not to give the Igbos the Biafra nation but rather, sit them on a round table along with other ethnic nationalities to chart ways for the economic prospect and peaceful coexistence of a united Nigeria.

Speaking to newsmen in Kano yesterday, Sheikh Bauchi said the strength in Nigeria’s nationhood gives her an edge over other smaller African nations, with its huge population which makes it a haven for investors and partners to every nation of the world in terms of economic benefit and social cohesion.

According to him, those agitating for the Biafra nation weren’t born when the civil war took place and neither of them can tell what would be the gain if another civil war breaks out in a nation of over a 150 million human people.

He explained that Nigeria’s prosperity will be possible when both parties sit on the same table of nation building with each party doing what suits his culture, tradition and religion.

“Let’s avoid the situation where people of different religion and cultural belief system eat from the same pot, as it will bring about discrimination considering that each came from entirely different background and choices”, adding that “such a practice is the bane of all the agitations,”.

Sheikh Bauchi called on the youth in the northern part of the country to sheath their swords on the ultimatum issued to the Igbos and advised “let’s not resort to similar protests to that of the Biafra agitators that spread through hatred, inciting, humiliating and unguarded utterances.

“I dream of a Nigeria where we all sit down on the same table but eat from what is culturally acceptable to us; not to cook a mixture of what we like and don’t like in the same pot and serve all round. That’s unworkable!”, Bauchi said.

He, however called on the Shi’ite sect to desist from confrontational approach when exercising their religious freedom which caused the recent death of their members and the continued detention of their leader, Malam Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.

Dahiru Bauchi urged the security agency responsible for the detention of El-Zakzaky to release the Shi’ite leader. – The Glitters

—  Jun 21, 2017 @ 16:45 GMT