The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA), has called on the Federal Government to immediately arrest and prosecute leaders of Muslims Rights Concern (MURIC) over its reported links with the international terrorists’ organisation, Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP).
Last Friday, a member of the Sahara Strategy Group (SSG) had asked the Nigerian Government to probe reports that some organisations in Nigeria like MURIC led by Professor Ishaq Akintola are receiving funds from ISWAP which has recently been operating in the North West.
At a conference held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Friday, San Lous Keita, a member of the SSG from Mali and former Intelligence Chief, said reports available to the intelligence community in West Africa listed MURIC as one of the groups that has received funds from ISWAP in the last two years.
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Keita had told the conference that MURIC was said to have received some 250, 000 dollars from ISWAP in the past months, adding that the funds were meant for MURIC to recruit and train people in the South West that would provide the logistics needed for ISWAP proposed stronghold on Southern Nigeria.
The CRA said it is not surprised by this revelation about MURIC’s links with the terrorists organisation given its history of extremism and Islamic fundamentalism.
It said, “Over the years, MURIC has been fanning the embers of religious bigotry through provocative and inciting statements. In saner climes, MURIC would have long been proscribed and its leaders prosecuted.
“Now that the truth about MURIC, its operations, missions and sources of funding have been discovered, it is time for the Nigerian authorities to act and put an end to the existence of this terrorist organisation and its leaders be prosecuted.
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“Nigeria cannot afford to turn a blind eye to this damning revelations about terrorist activities of MURIC as allowing them to continue will portend grave danger for the peace, stability and unity of Nigeria.
“The war against terrorism and insurgency cannot be won without bringing to an end the nefarious activities of MURIC and its sister organizations with links to terrorism.”
It would be recalled that a group under the aegis of Coalition of Progressive Yoruba Islamic Groups (COPYIG) had accused MURIC DG of desperately working to destabilise the Yoruba-land and spur the region into inter-religious conflict.
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