Sheikh Nuru Khalid, the former Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, has sworn not to retract his criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
InsightnaijaTV earlier reported that the outspoken priest had criticized the president over the country’s rising insecurity and the government’s unwillingness to confront the operations of bandits in the north.
The mosque’s management initially suspended the cleric before dismissing him as Chief Imam as a result of his outburst.
Khalid said he stands by his views and will continue to criticize the administration until the country improves, during a visit by presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore to his Abuja apartment on Sunday.
He revealed that some notable Nigerians are pleading with him to reconcile and to stop talking about the situation that led to his dismissal in the media.
He stated, “I have conditions for reconciliation, one of them is I won’t withdraw any word that I’ve spoken and the second condition is that no one will caution me on any issue.
“If it is against the will of the government, they have security operations, let them arrest me. If it is against the tenets of Islam, summon the FCT Committee of Imam to call me and ask. I am feeling as if I gained my freedom, I can speak out freely, I don’t mind anybody who feels good or bad.
“My mission is not to convert people to Islam but create awareness in the minds of Nigerians that we are not slaves; our mothers gave birth to us as free people, we are free people, that freedom is very vital.
“If we can maintain that freedom, we can speak out against bad governance but if we are afraid of them, we are now slaves. Somebody will just take one person and negotiate price.
“That’s what is happening in Nigeria today, they’re kidnapping citizens, selling them out. Look at someone that can bear to negotiate with criminals, now he’s afraid to listen to citizens. There’s a problem.”
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