Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti
As controversy continues to trail the intention of the federal government to take N100 billion Sukuk loan to provide infrastructure across the country, a renowned blind cleric, Prophet Muyideen Kasali, has declared that nobody can islamise Nigeria. Kasali, who is the General Overseer of the Hour of Mercy Prayer
Ministry Worldwide(Oke Alaseyori), said taking of an Islamic Bank can’t be suffice to conclude that Nigeria was on the verge of being fully islamised. The cleric also said the 2018 governorship election in Ekiti State
would be full of surprises, saying “mighty men will fall flatly for
God to bring a man after his heart to succeed Governor Ayodele
Fayoseâ€.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), had last week condemned the Federal Government for mooting the idea of taking N100 billion
Sukuk Loan to provide road infrastructure through the Ministry of
Works, Power and Housing, saying it was an alleged clandestine way to rail-road Nigeria into being a full-fledged Islamic State.

Speaking in Odo Owa Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti
State on Saturday at the conclusion of a weeklong revival organized by the Ministry in the town, Kasali said no President , no matter how powerful and influential can make a secular country like Nigeria an Islamic State.

Commenting on the resentment of the CAN against the federal government’s intention to take the loan, Kasali said: “Anyone trying to islamise Nigeria will perish.
“But I want to believe that taking of loan is not enough to make
Nigeria an Islamic State, so no cause for alarm. I believe in the unity of this country and God who created Nigeria like this can’t make mistakeâ€. On the 2018 election in Ekiti, the man of God said: “Powerful people will be rendered useless. This State belongs to God and he is ready to intervene in the affairs of the state in 2018 and there will be surprisesâ€, he said.
