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The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has condemned the recent threat of military intervention by the United States President, Donald Trump, stating that there is no Christian genocide in the country.
Speaking in a press conference on Saturday, November 9, NSCIA Secretary-General, Professor Is-haq O. Oloyede, expressed displeasure over the designation of Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ by the US over the alleged killing of Christians.
Oloyede said unpatriotic Nigerians have written a dangerous script and promoted it in Western circles, which has resulted in the US having an erroneous belief that Christians are being targeted by terrorists.
NSCIA stated that as a unified Nigerian Muslim Ummah, it would not be defined by the Christian genocide lie and rejected any division by a foreign media.
“We have not been emphasising the killings of Muslims because we do not see it as a religious war, but a national security issue.
“The world is aware that some Islamophobic and unpatriotic Nigerians had authored a dangerous script, promoted it in Western circles, especially in the United States and got the attention of the highest levels of the United States government, which are erroneously made to believe that there is a “Christian genocide” in Nigeria,” part of Oloyede’s statement reads.
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“We reaffirm that there is no “Christian genocide” in Nigeria. Under Article II of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 9 and Article 6 of the Rome Statute 11, the crime is defined by a critical “mental element” known as dolus specialis.
“This is the specific “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such”. There is nothing of such in Nigeria,” he added.
“We urge President Trump to retract branding Nigeria a “disgraced country” and rather assist the Nation with credible intelligence, critical logistics and human capacity development to enable the country overcome insecurity in different parts of Nigeria.
“Genuine assistance requires partnership, not unilateral actions, which might, even if inadvertent, fragment the Nigerian Nation.
“And we state to the world, as a unified Nigerian Muslim Ummah: we will not be defined by this lie and we will not accept that our country be fragmented by a foreign agenda.
“As a people of faith, we believe that the truth will prevail and our unity as a nation will endure,” the statement concluded.
