Crosswalk.com News Channel - Impressed by his support for Muslims in Adamawa State, North East Nigeria, the Muslim community has urged the state governor, Boni Haruna, who is a Christian, to convert to Islam. The acting chairman of the Adamawa Muslim Council, Yusuf Aliyu made the call during a Sallah (Muslim Festival homage) visit to the governor, reports Lekan Otufodunrin of Nigeria Online Christian News Service, Lagos.
"Accept Islam and come back home as it is the religion of your grandfather," the Muslim council chairman stated. "In fact we are here to receive you back into our faith."
The governor, according to the council, has won the support and confidence of the Muslim population in the state for his unbiased treatment of citizens, irrespective of their faith. The Muslim council thanked the governor for sponsoring Muslims on a pilgrimage to Mecca and donating money for the purchase of a vehicle. The governor restated his commitment to making life easier for the people of the state, irrespective of their ethnic and religion differences.
Adamawa is one of the few northern states in Nigeria with a predominantly Christian population. Nigeria is evenly divided among Christians and Muslims. Christians dominate the South, while Muslims are in the majority in the north.