The sacked Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Central Mosque in Abuja and founder, Islamic Research and Da’awah Foundation, Sheikh Nuhu Khalid, has alleged that “the pulpit of the mosque was once a centre for Buhari campaign.”
The cleric said this when he appeared on Daily Politics, a programme on Trust TV.
Sheikh Khalid was suspended after his ‘anti-government’ sermon went viral and was consequently sacked for making comment on his suspension.
Following the bombing of a Kaduna-bound training by terrorists, resulting in killing of some passengers and abduction of many others, the cleric accused the government of negligence.
He was suspended and later sacked by the committee of the mosque, a development thag pitched him against the chairman of the mosque committee, Senator Dan Sadau.
The imam said that he would rather die of hunger than be an imam that cannot speak the truth, especially at a time when life is losing value in Nigeria.
He said, “I’ve nothing to lose. For this, I stand by my words. I will rather die of hunger than be quite when people are killed. Trains are attacked and roads are blocked and (there is) bloodletting everywhere.
“I live in a local area. My children go to public schools and I relate with local people. Therefore I know the difficult situation the people of this country are going through.”
The imam said he was approached three times by some people in the government in an attempt to prevent him from commenting on the happenings in the country but he resisted.
“If the government is not happy, then we asked who is the president and who are suffering? Are they not the majority. The masses are more important that is why we call government workers civil servants. The lives of the masses must be preserved.”
