Niger Delta: NASFAT advocates dialogue

The Nasrul-Lahi-l- Fathih Society of Nigeria, (NASFAT) has advised the federal government and other parties involved in the crisis to adopt dialogue in solving the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta area. The president of the Islamic association, Engr. Abdul-Kamil Bolarinwa, stated this at NASFAT’s Lailatul-Quadri Prayer Night on the 27th night of Ramadan, warning […]

The Nasrul-Lahi-l- Fathih Society of Nigeria, (NASFAT) has advised the federal government and other parties involved in the crisis to adopt dialogue in solving the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta area.
The president of the Islamic association, Engr. Abdul-Kamil Bolarinwa, stated this at NASFAT’s Lailatul-Quadri Prayer Night on the 27th night of Ramadan, warning that violence could not be used to restore peace or protect the fundamental rights of the people.
Bolarinwa appealed to the concerned people of Niger Delta and the Federal Government of Nigeria to end militancy and restore peace in the region by going back to the table for dialogue.
“At the current stage, you cannot overemphasise the need for discussion. Whether you fight for a hundred years or more, at the end on the day, there would still be a discussion. Discussion ends the battle won and the one lost.
“In Nigeria, people, many times, show their grievances claiming to be protecting the rights of their people or fighting in their interest; but they ignorantly in their doings, hurt those people the more,” he said.
He also warned against misconceptions about the true teachings of the religion of peace, Islam, and activities of terrorists.
In his sermon,,the guest lecturer, Sheik Raheem Alliy, admonished Muslims to  continue with the good deed they had embarked on since the commencement of the fasting.