The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has given a rather ridiculous interpretation to the unfolding tragedy in Kano, suggesting that the unusual death toll in the northwestern state could be “a deliberate attempt” at decimating the population of Muslims in Nigeria.

Kano State has seen a spike in mystery deaths in one week amid COVID-19 threats.

With scant resources nationally and low capacity to test, authorities are yet to determine if COVID-19 caused the deaths.

Public concerns have arisen over the situation in the state, which now appears helpless, with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje accusing the Federal Government of neglect.

In a statement on Monday, MURIC Director, Ishaq Akintola, lamented the unusual deaths, saying Kano needed help urgently, and then surprisingly brought a religious angle to the matter, warning of a threat to the “majority status” Nigerian Muslims enjoy “in the area of demography.”

“More disturbing is the rumour that the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in the state has locked up its offices and its officials are not responding to distress calls,” the MURIC director said.

“The only testing centre in Kano which is situated at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital has also been allegedly locked up. So where did NCDC get its figure on Kano? Something is fishy here. We are surprised that testing centres are almost nonexistent in the North.

“Is this a deliberate attempt at debilitating Northern population with its attendant impact on Muslim majority population in the country?

“We, therefore, demand an inquiry into circumstances surrounding the alleged closure of NCDC office in Kano State as well as the paucity of testing centres in the whole North.

“Nigerian Muslims are currently enjoying a majority status in the area of demography. We must avoid anything capable of decimating our population.

“We urge Kano citizens to strictly obey rules set by health officials, particularly social distancing, washing hands regularly with soap, using sanitizers and staying at home. You must break the cycle of this killer virus.

“Above all, the government must be vicious to be triumphant. Violators of lockdown rules must be dealt with according to the law while the lockdown on Kano must not be lifted until the rate of death slows down to a reasonable level.”

Mr Akintola is a professor and founder of MURIC, which he runs, according to his personal website, for “protection and promotion of the rights of Muslims in Nigeria.”

But contrary to his claim, there is no data indicating which religion has more followers in Nigeria. The country had its last census in 2006 and during that headcount, the National Population Commission did not collect data on religious affiliations.

Mr Akintola has a reputation for using MURIC to make alarmist claims, some of them false. In January, he tried to drive Muslims against Amotekun, a popular south-west initiate to combat insecurity. He tagged the initiative “an ostensibly anti-Muslim security network (coming) into operation in Yorubaland.”

Many Nigerians, including Muslims, have repeatedly denounced Mr Akintola’s MURIC rhetoric, warning him to rise above bigotry and instead promote harmonious co-existence by adherents of all religions as espoused by the Holy Quran.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/390257-muric-says-kano-deaths-suggest-plot-to-depopulate-muslims.html

MUMU-ric...

Always making stupid and senseless claims and issuing idiotic ultimatums.

Kano people that were nonchalant about the whole COVID 19 stuff are to blame for what's befalling them.

Senseless Talk

Source pls

Ridiculous indeed!

The best thing that we sane people shld do concerning this man is - not giving him the required popularity he is looking for.
Look at him crying more than the bereaved.

"Meningitis is caused by fornication." - Ex-Governor Abdulaziz Yari.

Homosexuality, lesbianism, causes of insecurity in Nigeria -Emir of gwandu, Muhammadu Bashar.

"Coronavirus is caused by corruption." - EFCC Ag chairman, Magu.

"Eclipse of the sun in Maiduguri(2001) hundreds of youths rioted because they thought it was fallout of the preponderance of sins in society."

Now MURIC too with another nauseating nonsense.Pls can Nigeria be divided so that regions can make progress?

which type of brain these people get??

Shoro Niyen

Exactly, Too Much Of Slaves From Religion Of Kettle Constituting High Rate Of Terrorism

This is the hand of Esau but the voice of Jacob. This mad man is just being used by the North. They are using him as a front to spread their hate and ignorance. I use to think Professors are intelligent people but this very cretin is making me think that any buffon can just come out and claim to be a professor. This is the height of irresponsibility.

Mr. Muric, no one is reducing the so called Muslim population deliberately as u opine. U even made assertions of a majority number of Muslims over other religions in the country without any officially valid data source. U went on to reveal your religious bigotry in ur failed analysis of a pandemic situation that requires empirical solutions and logical recommendations, without noting that incompetence of the governor in states like Kano cannot yield any positive result in the fight against COVID 19. Let me ask you, that's if u will ever think through issues with intelligence....of what use is an extremely poor 'religious population' to the society? if a given population aren't enjoying quality wellbeing in all aspects of life including socioeconomic fortunes of what use is their existence? Wouldn't a neglected population rather become a platform for societal decadence, illiteracy, violence, insecurituly, and moral rot etc? I doubt if u merited your professorship Mr. Spokesman... probably u were given the promotion based on ur University's cover-up measures to improve the records of their staff strength in order to gain accreditation in your department. You are a negative influence on society. I spit on your sense of reasoning Sir.

Gutter Prof.

I don't have anything to say

They have started o. Soon the illiterate almajiris will start killing people in the name of religion coz of some useless comment

Am a Muslim, I totally disagree with this man. This is one of the reasons I distance myself from any religious debates or argument, because a lot of people are hypocrite and don't think straight. My religion is a religion of peace and harmony. With love without any religion sentiment, we'll survive this pandemic. Only God knows the real individual that is being human and has belief.

Illiteracy at its peak

Afonja has too many mad people. Only God knows how their land will be in the next 20yrs.