CAN Rejects OIC Claims Over Boko Haram

Ayake said that such claims cannot be regarded as true considering the style and background of the Boko Haram sect memebers.

“If they said they are not Muslims, they should meet with Boko Haram because the sect had told the whole world that they are Muslims that they want to upturn Nigeria constitution and put in place sharia Superintendent of Police (SP)” he said. “These are Muslims; it is not only in Nigeria, look at other Islamic countries, there are killings also. If they are rejecting Boko Haram. It is not on paper, while the people are doing the havoc. They should tell us the steps and actions they have taken to show that Boko Haram are anti-Islam.”

In a similar response, Sunday Oibe, CAN Director of National Issues asserted that nobody would believe OIC claims following the several mayhems that have been carried out by the sect in the name of Islam.

“They proclaim Islam; it is for them (OIC) to go and sort themselves out. These are people who have been taught and radicalised by Islamic clerics. In fact, we are suspecting the OIC” he said. “Boko Haram proclaims Islam, Koran who want to enthrone Sharia in Nigeria. So who is fooling who? They are Muslims as far as we are concerned”.  

The Christian body director also hinted that CAN is against the inclusion of the OIC in the next inter-faith conference scheduled to hold in Nigeria.

“We don’t want OIC again in Nigeria, they like coming through the back door, we don’t need OIC to organise inter-faith conference in Nigeria”. 

It would be recalled that on Monday June 2, in Abuja, the OIC in a collective voice of the Muslim world said that the Boko Haram sect members and their activities were not in accordance with the teachings of Islam as announced by its Secretary General, Eiyadd Amin Madani.

Source: Legit.ng