Nigeria: Alleged Religious Profiling of Military - Govt Not Keen About Investigating Sheikh Gumi - CAN

4 March 2021

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has described as shameful the decision of the federal government not to caution renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over alleged religious profiling of military personnel combating bandits in parts of the country.

Recall that Gumi was reportedly quoted as saying: What I want you people to understand is, soldiers that are involved in most of the criminalities are not Muslims. You know, soldiers have Muslims and non-Muslims. The non-Muslims are the ones causing confusion just to ignite crisis.'

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