The Muslim Corpers' Association of Nigeria (MCAN) says some Muslim children that were transferred to Edo Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp are being forcefully converted to Christianity.
MCAN said its members visited an IDP Camp in Edo to donate items but the camp which is headed by a pastor, refused to allow Muslims entry. They said they have reported the matter to the Sultan of Sokoto and they have now started a campaign like the #freeEseOruru
use this medium to reaffirm and throw more light on the recent post of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) about the above headline currently going viral. As a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, some Muslims were taken from different states in the Northern part of Nigeria to a CHRISTIAN CONTROLLED IDP camp in Edo State, hundreds of children were forcefully or deceitfully converted to Christianity and the worst of all is that the management of the camp denied MCAN access to the needed populace of the Camp.
As part of the humanitarian activities of the association, on the 5th of February, 2016, MCAN Edo state's Amir and
general secretary went to the Internally Displaced People's camp at Uhuagua village, Edo State to inform the camp management about the intention of MCAN to visit , conduct free medical check Up, donate items and above all, admonish the inhabitants of the camp to remain patient and hopeful in Allah (God ) as directed by MCAN National but the management of the camp which was headed by a pastor stated that they do not allow such, in fact the pastor started acting funny once he noticed MCAN is constituted by Muslims who intended to admonish those under his care.
The Edo state Amir stated that his first surprise was to have seen that it is a CHRISTIAN camp as the frontage sign board reads "INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE FOR MISSION". He stated that ; they were dressed for jumat and obviously tagged as Muslims, Thus, they spent over 2 hours to be properly checked and confirmed as NYSC Corps members, though the security persons (Military) were friendly. He further stated that the head of the camp explained that the subjection to scrutiny of identity was a security measure. The Amir also stated that he was amazed that there was no single worship center in the camp for Muslims bearing in mind that there are/were Muslims among those in the camp. He gathered this fact from some young adults who were reluctant to associate with them.
After submitting an official letter of purpose as instructed by the pastor in charge, he claimed the only thing MCAN would be allowed to do was to hand over the relief items to the management of camp which will be distributed to the inhabitants of the camp on behalf of MCAN. All efforts to make the pastor understand that MCAN is a recognized body by NYSC and REGISTERED with a CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATION was to no avail. Until the pastor was informed that MCAN National visited the biggest IDP camp (Dalori Camp,Maiduguri) in Nigeria about some weeks back for the same purpose of visit to Edo camp, without any problem or prevention by The Dalori IDP camp management before he agreed to allow MCAN access the children only. Based on this a foul play was sensed.
The case was reported to the Sultan of Sokoto during a meeting and he stated that ; they (Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs - "NSCIA") are aware and they equally tried to take some of these Muslims out of the camp through the defense minister but children were manipulated or psychologically influenced to stone the military men, claiming they preferred the camp to their homes. After this, NSCIA decided to let go and left the children in the hands of Allah (God) in order to avoid religious conflict within the country. Roughly a month later , the case of #EseOruru came up to shake the whole Nigeria, this is synonymous to the issue at hand. "Abduction of Children and forcefully changing their fate". MCAN believes the children are minors , therefore , The Christian camp cannot determine what fate is best for them, just as it is in the case of #EseOruru.
MCAN noticed a lot of the Muslim inhabitants of the camp might have been deceitfully or forcefully converted to Christianity.
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