The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, says the ongoing crisis in Sudan provides a warning to Nigerians to guard their peace jealously.
The NSCIA, in a statement yesterday by its Director of Administration, Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu, said: “It’s only a fool that learns from his sad experiences only. The wise learn from the experiences of others and do not fall into the same errors that destroyed them.”
According to the council, as politics is over, governance should be the sole focus of stakeholders in the Nigerian project now.
It said under no condition should the peace of Nigeria be compromised by political actors and their impressionistic followers.
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“We don’t have to lose peace before we appreciate it as ordinary Sudanese are currently experiencing. We should join hands to save Sudan and save our common humanity from the catastrophe of violent conflict”.
It urged the United Nations and the African Union to dispatch a multinational peace keeping forces to Sudan to restore peace in order to prevent the crisis from consuming Sudan and destabilising the entire Sahel region and Africa at large.
The council thanked the Federal Government for the ongoing efforts in Sudan just as it did in Ukraine and other dangerous situations.
It urged evacuation of thousands of Nigerians stranded in Sudan.
