Former Chief Imam of the National Assembly Legislative Quarters Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Nuru Khalid, has said that he stand with the poor masses of Nigeria and also is voice of the voiceless in Nigeria.
“My sack is a reflection of how Nigeria is today. Many people are hiding under the cover of religion to perpetrate all manner of unwholesome acts. Such people would stop at nothing to take away people like me.
“This is the price we pay for aligning with the people and identifying with their sufferings.”
Imam Khalid said the decision of the mosque’s committee to sack him was a necessary price he had to pay for identifying with the suffering masses and speaking truth to power.
Imam Khalid was suspended immediately after the Jum’at sermon on Friday, criticizing the current government over inability to tackle the security situation, and was finally sacked by the Mosque committee today, April 4.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Khalid has said that he has been given a fresh appointment by the Management Committee of a new Jum’at Mosque behind the Central Bank Nigeria, CBN Quarters, Abuja.
“By the Grace of Almighty Allah, I will be leading my new congregation this Friday, because as clerics we need a platform to operate.
“There’s a Jum’mat mosque we built behind the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Quarters, in Abuja; I will now be leading the congregation there.”
Source: Vanguard.
