The
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has urged Muslims in the State and
indeed, across the nation to remain peaceful by pursuing peace and ensuring
peace, as they mark Eid-el-Fitri and noted that the lingering suspicion between
Christians and Muslims in the country was the creation of the elite.
The
governor remarked that before now average Christians and Muslims across the
nation had lived in peace and shared a lot of things in common without any
suspicion, until the elite brought in clannishness for both their economic and
political advantages.
According
to Governor Okorocha, with peace in the Country and genuine love among
Nigerians not minding their religious differences and place of births, Nigeria
as a nation, would easily overcome its challenges and also achieve greatness.
He
also urged Political and religious leaders to be patriotic enough by laying
emphasis on those virtues that unite Nigerians as a people and talk less about
those factors that have the capacity to eat deep into the unity of the nation.
The
governor assured Muslims in the State that his government and the people of the
State would continue to treat them as their brothers and Sisters, and
reiterated his advice to them to remain peaceful and see themselves as partners
in progress in his honest effort to make the State better than he met it.
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