 [PREMIUMTIMESNG] The Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Ishaq Oloyede, has called on security agencies in the country to be fair and professional in the discharge of their duties.
Mr. Oloyede gave the advice while delivering a keynote address at the 9th Ramadan Lecture of Moslem Media Practitioners of Nigeria, MMPN, in Abuja on Sunday. The holy man at the lecture, Musa Abdur-Raheem, also explained that the Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
myrmidon group that has killed thousands of people was not representing Islam.
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Describing the security situation in the country as serious, Mr. Oloyede said Moslems in Nigeria were for peace as long as there was justice and fairness.
"Moslems are not responsible for the violence in the country. Moslems are for peace. If there is any problem, it is a failure of the system," he said.
The NSCIA scribe said there could not be peace without justice.
"Our appeal is that the Federal Government should be just to all segments of the society," he said.
Mr. Oloyede said in the spirit of the theme of the lecture, Peace and Leadership: The Missing Link, there should be more consultation and dialogue among the stakeholders in the country.
Speaking on the theme of the lecture, the guest speaker, Musa Abdur-Raheem said that for peace to reign there must be justice.
"Boko Haram are not representing Islam, Moslems are for peace and most of the victims of Boko Haram attacks are Moslems," he said.
He called on the leaders in the country to live up to expectations by urgently addressing the nation's security challenges.
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