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President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the killing of innocent
children and women in markets, mosques, and schools has nothing to do
with religion. He said this when members of the Muslim community visited
him in commemoration of the Eid-Kabir Sallah on Saturday.
The delegation was led by the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, alongside the Minister of State for the FCT, Mrs. Olajumoke Akindele.
Jonathan, who said Nigerians should see their neighbours as themselves, added that:
“What is happening globally now has no religious basis. Only yesterday, a British aid worker was slaughtered by ISIS and that is not Islamic.
“I believe in this country, I believe that Nigeria has a lot to offer not only to Nigerians but to the world and that surely we will get to where we want to go.
“Whatever obstacles we see are very ephemeral and part of history of nation building, if you read the history of all nations, there is no nation that does not pass through some challenges but they got over it and moved ahead. I think we are getting over our problems.”