The General Overseer of Christs Evangelical and Life Intervention Church, in Kaduna, Pastor Yohanna Buru, has said that’s Muslims in large number which included women, children, youth and Islamic scholars were in a southern Kaduna church to felicitate with their Christian friends and relatives during the Christmas festivities.
The cleric said that every year, Muslims from various states in the North come to the church and celebrate Christmas with them. According to him, “Muslims scholars, traditional title holders, peace ambassadors, stakeholders on peace-building from Katsina, Kano, Sokoto, Zamfara, Zaria, Jos and others from local Government areas in Kaduna state, attended the service.
Even this year, despite the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and economic recession, Muslims in large numbers visited the church and joined us during the Christmas service to foster peace and unity, he further said.
The Muslims that attended the church service were from all the groups of Muslims, which include Sunni, Tijjaniyya and Shiites; they ate and drank with us; also, we prayed for the country together; they donated their offering during the service like every other Christian that attended the morning service did, he added.
He said this years Christmas sermon was focused on religious tolerance, forgiveness, better understanding, peace, love and unity among Nigerians, and the need for both Muslim and Christian clerics to be more committed through prayers for the nation, for peace, stability and the progress of the country, adding that the church really appreciated the gesture.
In his remarks, a traditional title-holder from Kurmin-Mashi in the State, Rabo Abdullahi, said, We are grateful to Almighty God for giving us the opportunity to be here today for Christmas celebration.
He called on Muslims and Christians to be peace ambassadors in order to promote peace and stability in the country, while wishing everyone safe journey back home, he called on Muslims and Christians to pray for the Nigerian Army on peace missions all over the world.
