{"id":157219,"date":"2025-03-30T22:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/god-not-happy-with-nigeria-over-killings-edo-chief-imam"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:54:48","slug":"god-not-happy-with-nigeria-over-killings-edo-chief-imam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/god-not-happy-with-nigeria-over-killings-edo-chief-imam","title":{"rendered":"God not happy with Nigeria over killings \u2013 Edo Chief Imam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Sheikh Abdul-Fattah Enabulele, the Chief Imam of Benin, said on Sunday that God is displeased with Nigerians due to the killings across the country.<\/p>\n

The Chief Imam made this statement while speaking to journalists shortly after the Eid prayers at Ikpoba Slope, in Benin City.<\/p>\n

Enabulele called on leaders at all levels to ensure justice, fairness and equity, in accordance with the dictates of the Holy Quran and hadiths.<\/p>\n

According to him: \u201cGod is displeased with Nigerians because of the way we are killing one another. How can we be killing one another? Those who are supposed to protect us are indifferent; they are protecting themselves with security, leaving us exposed.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that the killings in the country continue due to the absence of justice, as leaders \u201cdisplay a nonchalant and lackadaisical attitude towards the lives and properties of Nigerians they are supposed to protect.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cPeople are taking the law into their own hands. Why is there vigilantism now? Because people have been wronged and there is nowhere to seek redress or obtain justice, and because of this, more people are beginning to take the law into their own hands. That is the basic fact and truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am appealing to Nigerians: we should not kill one another. This vigilantism occurred in Sokoto State, with the killing of Deborah. Now it is happening in our state here. It has also happened in various places. Why?<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter the situation, it doesn\u2019t make sense. We need to respect human life; it is sacred. You do not have the right to take a life you cannot create.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I am blaming those in authority. They should be responsible, be proactive and should not allow issues to escalate before starting to arrest those suspected of involvement. There should not be double standards in the way we do things.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that on the Day of Judgement, Almighty Allah will ask leaders how they governed their people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone commits a crime, do not judge them based on their place of origin or religious affiliation. A criminal is a criminal. Deal with them based on the crime they committed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Chief Imam called on Nigerians to allow the lessons learned during Ramadan to continue to guide them and to avoid reverting to their old ways of life.<\/p>\n

He also advised Muslims in the country to conduct themselves well, noting that even if others are misbehaving, they should not emulate them because Allah has given them the Qur\u2019an and the Prophet, the hadiths.<\/p>\n

He opined that both are intended to guide them on how to live peacefully with others.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should not take the law into our own hands. We should not contravene the laws of the land, and we should not make ourselves a nuisance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you come to a community that is not your own, you should respect the community, study them, observe their cultures and traditions, and respect their way of life, and not come to misbehave and cause problems everywhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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