By Luminous Jannamike
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has raised the alarm over what it described as signs of religious bias in the ongoing prosecution of former Kaduna State governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, warning against the weaponisation of public institutions and the legal system for a sectarian agenda against him.
The council, which had deliberately stayed out of the controversy until now, said recent developments had raised concerns that the case might no longer be viewed simply as a routine judicial process.
In a statement by its Secretary-General, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, on behalf of the council, the NSCIA explained that its earlier silence was based on its belief that El-Rufai’s prosecution, like those involving other political figures, was a standard judicial process.
“The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has persistently refrained from commenting on the controversy surrounding the ongoing prosecutions of His Excellency, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, the former Governor of Kaduna State, or any political figure.
