The media aide to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, is asking police and security agencies to arrest a Muslim cleric over a sermon that has angered many Nigerians online.
The cleric, Shafiy Adeba, was filmed preaching in Yoruba at a mosque in the Southwest. In the video, he told his congregation that Muslims have the right to enslave people who are not Muslims.
‘’God said you should go to war with them. Take them as slaves, lock them inside their house, tell them they can't go to the market or anywhere, they must not be seen outside. We Muslims have the right to lock infidels in their houses, not the other way…pin them down wherever you meet them, kill them where they hide, lock them up in their houses. That's what the Quran said''
Olayinka shared the video on Tuesday and condemned it.
“This Cleric, by name Shafiy Adeba said Muslims have ‘Right’ to enslave Non-Muslims. He declared war against those he called infidels ‘Rooted In Islam’,” he wrote.
The Wike aide said it was shocking to hear such words in Yorubaland, where Christians, Muslims and traditional worshippers have lived together peacefully for years.
“And he is preaching this nonsense in Yorubaland? A land of educated and civilised people with Christians, Muslims and Traditional religions worshippers living together under the same roof?” he asked.
Olayinka warned that this kind of preaching fuels extremism. He said the government must act fast before it leads to more trouble.
“Methinks people like this man should be behind bars because extremist preachers like him caused Boko Haram that Nigeria is still battling today,” he added.
The video has since gone viral. Many Nigerians on social media are now calling on the DSS and police to invite Adeba for questioning.
As of now, there has been no word from security agencies or from the cleric himself.