The former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has identified those he believes are to blame for the religious and ethnic crisis Nigeria is currently going through, Page 36 learnt..
Sanusi made the assertion on Thursday, while taking part in a virtual Conference, The Platform, organised by the Covenant Christian Centre, in Lagos.
The Platform, which went virtual this year, because of the restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, is an Annual Conference that celebrates Nigeria’s Independence Day.
According to Sanusi, the political elites are behind all the crisis.
He noted further that they fight among themselves for the leadership of the country.
Sanusi’s words: “Ethno-religious crisis is not so much from Nigerians, but the Nigerian elites.
“We have identities in Nigeria but the construction of opposing identities, the political process, is basically the Nigerian elite competing among itself for a share of the national cake.
“I do not think that the people who say they are fighting for Hausa, Igbo, or Yoruba, are really interested. I mean when they get there at the end of the day, it is about them and their families.
“There is nobody out there that is really representing North or South or East.”
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