Eid celebrations: MURIC wants Ganduje, others prosecuted for disobeying pray-at-home order

MURIC urges prosecution of Ganduje, other Govs for disobeying pray-at-home mandate during Eid celebrations

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Tuesday, May 26; appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sanction the governors of Kano, Borno, Nasarawa, Jigawa, and some other states for allegedly defying the Federal Government’s pray-at-home directive on Eid-el-Fitr day.

This was contained in a statement issued by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

Akintola stated that the erring governors must not be allowed to go scot-free; because their action to allow public prayer during the celebration was grossly irresponsible.

The statement reads: “We are deeply perturbed by the action of some Northern state governors who goaded Muslims in their states to congregate for the Id al-Fitr prayer on Sunday 24th May 2020; in spite of directives to the contrary from the FG, JNI, and NSCIA.

“It is an act of gross irresponsibility. It is a shame that governors can play to the gallery even when it has to do with human life. This is not Islam. It is an articulated religiosity.

“There must be consequences when people in positions of authority gamble with the lives of their citizens.

“This singular action has put the whole country in danger and we only have to wait for the next two weeks as the virus incubates for us to know the impact of the governors’ intransigence. This is how not to worship Allah.”

MURIC also revealed that in the spirit of fairness and justice, the governors must be sanctioned since “Christians marked Easter without fanfare, pomp, and pageantry.”

“We must admit our wrong, particularly because what we did is capable of bringing untold hardship upon the whole country.”

Towards this end, the organisation apologised on behalf of the populace for the actions of the governors.

“It is on this note that we of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) tender an unreserved apology, first to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government and all law-abiding citizens in the country.

“If we have always been quick to confront those who maltreat Muslims, we must not be silent when the Muslims themselves wrongly defy the rest of Nigerians and embark on actions capable of causing mass death among innocent Nigerians.

“President Buhari must not allow these erring governors to go scot-free. They must be sanctioned. FG must speak up. The action of these recalcitrant governors must be condemned in unmistakably strong terms.”

The Islamic organisation also called on legislators at the state level to impeach erring governors.