Muslim group criticises DSS, claiming that the security group is prejudiced against Muslims For urging Churches across the country to be security conscious during the Easter celebrations, the Muslim Rights Concern has berated the Department of State Services. The Director of Muslim Rights Concern, Professor Ishaq Akintola noted in a statement that the advice issued by the DSS indicates that it was biased against Muslims. Deputy Director, Public Relations, DSS, Ms Marilyn Ogar He said, “It is unprofessional and highly unethical for a security outfit of the status of Nigeria’s SSS to focus its attention on faithful of a particular religion. This call is totally out of place. It has hurt the sensitivity of Muslims who already feel oppressed, marginalized and unintegrated.” Akintola however, claimed that Muslims have lost more Imams to the Boko Haram marauders than Christians have lost their clerics. “Who are those being massacred in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe today? How many Christians were among the 43 boarding house students killed by Boko Haram at the Federal Government College in Yobe State on 25th February, 2014? How many of the 129 girls abducted by Boko Haram on Monday, 14th April, 2014 are Christians? “The truth of the matter is that both Christians and Muslims are victims of the Boko Haram onslaught and the security agencies should treat both groups equally. Both should be given a sense of belonging. Fighting terrorism is a collective effort. Our security agencies should not divide Nigerians along religious lines otherwise the battle will be lost before it begins” he revealed On this note, he advised that instead of calling on churches alone to be security conscious, he urged the SSS to call on all Nigerians to be at alert. “We remind the SSS and other security agencies that apart from forming an integral and substantial part of the population of this country, Muslims are also tax-payers and they contribute their quota to the growth of the economy. “We charge the National Assembly to investigate the mode of recruitment into Nigeria’s security agencies with a view to ensuring a balance between all religious and ethnic groups and for the records, we call the attention of the international dehumanization and suppression of the liberty of the Muslim persons and deliberate attempts to distance Muslims from civic activities in Nigeria.” said Adetola
Posted on: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:51:07 +0000
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