Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs cautions Kano Muslim clerics over emirate crisis

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has cautioned Muslim clerics in Kano not to interfere in the ongoing crisis in the state arising from the deposition of five emirs, adding that the clerics as custodians of Islamic learning, values and guidance should refrain from making statements that can further exacerbate tension and polarise the Ummah.

Penpushing reports that the caution was made in a statement issued on Wednesday by Secretary-General of the Council, Salisu Shehu, stating that it noticed with concern contradictory statements from the state’s Council of Ulamas, stressing that the statements can only heighten tension instead of providing solutions to the problems.

‘The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has noticed the contradictory statements emanating from some quarters of the Ulama in Kano concerning the current traditional leadership crisis in the state’, the statement reads.

‘At this trying period for the Ummah, the Council calls on Islamic scholars, who are custodians of Islamic learning, values and guidance, to exercise caution and refrain from making statements that can further exacerbate tension and polarise the Ummah’, it added.

‘Ulama, within and outside the state should prayerfully allow the current traditional leadership conflict in Kano to be handled and resolved by the political, judicial and customary authorities’, the council said in the statement.

‘Meanwhile, the Council calls on Kano’s political, traditional and judicial authorities to resolve the current issue with the fear of Allah, fairness and justice. The Council calls on the people of Kano to sincerely call on Allah, remain calm and avoid taking laws into their hands. May Allah grant us sustainable peace in our dear Country, Nigeria’.

Penpushing further reports that it is recalled that the Kano State Council of Ulamas in a statement signed by its chairperson, Ibrahim Khalil warned that the emirate crisis could trigger a breakdown of law and order in the state, and urged President Bola Tinubu to employ non-partisan measures to address the crisis.

Meanwhile, another group later issued another statement calling on Governor Abba Yusuf to obey the court order against the deposition of the emirs.

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