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By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
A religious group known as ‘Ashabul Kahfy’ has called on the National Human Right Commission (NHRC), national and international human rights organizations to protect the embattled Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara.
According to the group, the call became expedient because the Islamic Cleric is to be arraignment at a Sharia court on the 28th July, 2021 following a suit filed by the Kano state government against the cleric over accusation of blasphemy.
Bauchi state chairman of the group, Alhaji Musa Santuraki made the call while addressing journalists where he stated that the religious organization was founded with the mission of fostering unity among Muslims from diverse sects of Islam.
According to him, Sheikh Abduljabbar who is at the moment being detained following allegations of blasphemy levelled against him claimed that the accusations were fabricated by a group of clerics in Kano state who had been at logger heads with him for a long time.
Musa Santuraki said that, “It is noteworthy that Sheikh Abduljabbar did not commit the offense they accused him of but they spread the false allegations just to pull him down out of envy of his increasing followership and popularity” .
He added that, “Many other Nigerian preachers including a chief Imam of National Mosque, Professor Ibrahim Maqari who hold no grudges against Sheikh Abduljabbar have exonerated him of the allegation of blasphemy and described it as a mischief and mere propaganda aimed at victimizing the Sheikh”.
The group therefore called on the Nigerian Human Right Commission and other national and international human rights organizations should intervene into the matter to ensure that Sheikh Abduljabbar gets justice as Kano state government has allegedly taken side in the saga.
The group also said that there is at present palpable fear and tension especially among the followers of Sheikh Abduljabbar due to information that he is critically ill at the correctional centre where he is being detained.
“Therefore, government should allow his trusted doctors to check him and inform the world about his health status. By so doing, the current tension will be doused,” they suggested.
