JIBWIS Urges DSS, Police to Investigate Viral Video Threatening Attack on Enugu
The National Chairman of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau, has called on security agencies to investigate a viral video showing a man in the organisation’s First Aid Group uniform allegedly calling for an armed attack on Enugu.
Sheikh Bala Lau condemned the video, which reportedly shows the man participating in a jogging exercise while making provocative statements demanding the provision of AK-47 rifles to enable the group to travel to Enugu on Sunday and launch an attack.
In a statement issued by JIBWIS Nigeria, the chairman urged the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police Force and other relevant security agencies to identify the individual, establish the circumstances surrounding the video and prosecute anyone found culpable in accordance with the law.
He categorically dissociated JIBWIS from the statements, stressing that violence, intimidation and threats against any community were contrary to the organisation’s principles, teachings and objectives.
According to him, wearing the organisation’s First Aid Group uniform or appearing alongside its members does not automatically establish that an individual is acting on its behalf or with its authorisation.
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The JIBWIS chairman also expressed concern that the incident might be an attempt by individuals or external interests to misrepresent the organisation and undermine its reputation. He therefore called for a thorough investigation into the identity, affiliation and possible motives of those involved.
Sheikh Bala Lau cited the organisation’s recent international conference in Abuja, which brought together Christian leaders, Muslim scholars from different Islamic schools of thought, prominent personalities and participants from various parts of the world.
He said the conference was organised to promote interfaith dialogue, mutual understanding, religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence, questioning the basis for associating an organisation committed to such objectives with statements advocating violence against fellow Nigerians.
The chairman further reaffirmed JIBWIS’s commitment to the propagation of Islamic teachings, the promotion of the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), moral reformation, education and humanitarian services.
He said that, throughout its approximately 48 years of existence, the organisation had pursued peaceful coexistence among people regardless of their religious, ethnic or geographical backgrounds.
JIBWIS urged security agencies to establish the facts surrounding the viral video and ensure that appropriate legal action is taken against anyone found responsible for making or promoting unlawful threats.
By PRNigeria
