He said he had personally supported thousands of Muslims across northern Nigeria despite having no family or personal relationship with many of them.

Prophet Isa El-Buba, the General Overseer of El-Buba Outreach Ministries, has condemned Islamic cleric Sheikh Yahya Jingir over remarks in which the cleric urged Muslims in Kano State to support Muslim-Muslim political tickets and referred to Christians as infidels.

Jingir made the remarks at a campaign event organised in support of Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and tagged “Abba Go Again,” according to a video seen by SaharaReporters.

Reacting to the development, El-Buba accused the cleric of promoting religious division at a time when the country, particularly northern Nigeria, is grappling with insecurity, poverty, banditry, drug abuse, criminality and the displacement of communities.

El-Buba said religious and political leaders should be focused on bringing Nigerians together and finding solutions to the worsening security crisis, rather than making statements capable of deepening religious tensions.