The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed concern over what it described as disturbing comments with religious undertones which it said is causing anger and fear in the public domain.
The Forum’s Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, stated this in a statement issued Wednesday, where it called on Nigerians to be wary of mischief makers and subversives whose objectives could be to worsen the difficult circumstances under which Nigerians live today.
He said: “Northern Elders Forum (NEF) is concerned over disturbing comments with distinctly religious undertones which are causing anger and fear in the public domain.
“The Forum’s concerns have been compounded by published warnings from the Department of State Security (DSS) over attempts to cause breaches in security and peaceful co-existence through incitement in many parts of the country.”
It added that it would be cruel and tragic if communities are set up against each other in the names of their faiths.
NEF said: “There are no threats to any religion undercurrent circumstances that would justify action which will threaten peace and harmonious co-existence in this country. If there are indeed reasons that could be exploited to engineer religious conflicts, the Forum demands that governments deal decisively with them.”
It stressed that Muslims and Christians have no reasons to fight each other.
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