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By LUKA BINNIYAT<\/strong><\/p>\n

KADUNA-The Middle Belt Dialogue,MBD,\u00a0 has added its voice to those opposed to the appointment of Sheik Ahmed Lemu as the Chairman of the Federal Government Panel on post-election violence in some parts of the North.<\/p>\n

In a statement signed by Mr. Dominic\u00a0 Bature on behalf of the Kaduna State chapter of MBD, the group said: \u201cwithout mincing words, the people of the Middle Belt, especially Kaduna State,\u00a0 are greatly pained, shocked, disappointed and indeed feel insulted by the choice of\u00a0 an Islamic cleric whose hate for the entire Middle Belt and the Christian community is not hidden.<\/p>\n

\u201cSheik Lemu does nothing with his life than the promotion and propagation of Islam in Nigeria.
\u201cWe in the MBD\u00a0 want to state that we have no faith nor confidence in Sheikh Ahmed Lemu, a grand Khadi and a major brain behind the obnoxious Sharia legal system in some parts of the northern Nigeria; which has brought in its wake nothing but violence and deprivation of basic rights of non-Muslims.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people of the Middle Belt cannot therefore trust such a person.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeaving Sheik Lemu as the chairman of this panel is tantamount to making him a judge over his own case.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, in spite of the fact that the violence took place where people of the Middle Belt find themselves as a minority in the North, we are poorly represented in the panel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Lemu as chairman, most victims, witnesses and those with vital information from the Middle Belt will not\u00a0 appear before the Panel.<\/p>\n

In view of these, the MBD pleaded with the President to replace Sheik Lemu as the chairman of the panel with immediate effect with a more acceptable person from none of the conflict areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the alternative, a co-chairman, who must be a credible and respectable Christian clergy must be appointed.<\/p>\n

\u201cLastly, MDB wishes to respectfully advice the President to learn from the experience of his predecessor, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and stand firm\u00a0 to ensure the unity, peace and progress of Nigeria by enforcing the supremacy of the 1999 Constitution of\u00a0 Nigeria over all laws.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the region that binds the North and South, we stand for one indivisible, peaceful and developed Nigeria where every citizen is guaranteed his or her basic human liberties to pursue growth and happiness,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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