A leader of the Tijaniyyah Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors to find lasting solutions to various security challenges facing the country.
According to a report by Daily Post, the Islamic scholar made the call early Tuesday at an event held in Bauchi, to celebrate this year’s Eid-El-Maulud.
The cleric said the president and the governors had to do all within their power to put an end to insecurity, including insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, among others, for the people to live in peace.
According to him, no meaningful development could take place in any society where there was no peace, declaring that, “Without peace, Nigeria cannot grow.”
Despite the large turnout of members of Tijaniyyah Movement at the Maulud celebration, the octogenarian cleric lamented that insecurity in the country prevented a large number of his followers to come to Bauchi for the event.
“In the past, people used to come from outside Nigeria to celebrate the Maulud but now because of the issue of insecurity bedeviling us only few came.
“Recently, my people on their way back home from Bauchi to Akungba in Ondo State were attacked and more than 11 of them were killed,” he lamented.
He further lamented that due to various forms of insecurity across the country, people now travel with great fear for their lives.
In his words, the revered Sheikh Bauchi said, “Nigerians now travel with fear. As a result of this, the president and the state governors, including Imams and pastors must find a way of ending this.”
He added that, “Nigerians are suffering from hunger, poverty and insecurity in the country.”
