Bishops breakfast with Muslims in mosque, urge tolerance

The President of the Niger Delta Bishops and Ministers Forum (NDBMF), Dr Julius Ediwe, yesterday led a delegation of Christians to break the Ramadan fast with Muslims at the Abuja National Mosque and urged religious leaders to preach tolerance at all times.

Ediwe, who led the delegation hosted by the Executive Secretary of the Abuja National Mosque Management Board, Alhaji Ibrahim Jega, said God would hold religious leaders responsible for the spate of violence in the country.

He said the role of religious leaders in promoting peace and tolerance among adherents, especially Muslims and Christians, could not be overemphasized, and the two sides should unite and pray for peace in the country.

He also urged all Christian bodies to ensure that their followers shun all forms of violence, support the government and pray for President Buhari’s quick recovery.

Responding Jega said the signified that Nigeria was one entity under Almighty God, adding that the presence of the bishops in the mosque in the month of Ramadan signified solidarity with Muslims.

“Nigeria is a country comprising Muslims and Christians and so God wants us to be and so we are, nobody can separate Christians from Muslims or Muslims from Christians in Nigeria. Nobody will disunite and bring any crack in Nigeria as a country and we will continue as one indivisible nation, as one Nigeria,” Jega said.