Press Release

Group Denies Report of Burning Mosques in Enugu

The attention of Enugu Youth Coalition has been drawn to the fake news report claiming that some mosques belonging to Muslim worshippers in the state were set ablaze in Enugu State last weekend.

In a statement released to newsmen by the National Coordinator of the group, Dr. Edwin Obune, the group said the veracity of such claim is yet to be established but promised that the group will do everything possible to protect adherents of all religions in the state without minding what some self-centred politicians are doing to instigate crisis and undermine the peaceful co-existence of all religions in the state.

Nevertheless, we believe that there were pockets of violence caused by some hoodlums who hijacked the #ENDSARS Protests in the state but not to the extent of destroying worship centres belonging to our Muslim brothers and sisters as reported in the media.

As we have all seen, the Enugu State Government under the able leadership of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is non-discriminatory and have demonstrated his tireless commitments towards religious and inter-faith harmony and peaceful co-existence in the state.

This is a peace-loving governor who have spent most of his times building friendship, mutual harmony and peaceful co-exitence across the state and beyond.

We don't understand why these politicians want the most peaceful state in the country to boil at all cost. Must everything be sacrificed on the altar of future political calculations?

We therefore call on well meaning Nigerians especially the Muslim Ummahs to ignore the fake news report orchestrated by mischief makers in our midst who want crisis to engulf the peace state so that their desire for the declaration of a state of emergency in Enugu would be achieved.

No matter what they do, Enugu State remains in the Hands of God!

Signed:

Dr. Edwin Obune,
National Coordinator,
Enugu Youth Coalition

Please let the looting and burning stop

They say the first step of solving a problem is acknowledging the problem.

I don't want to believe this the igbo youth response. Even with the overwhelming picture and video evidence of mosques burnt you come here to add salt to injury by denying it?

Why not go and take pictures of the said mosques and prove to us that they weren't burnt and that they are still standing.

But the news was supported with glaring pictures now?

Which yeye group be this

Fake news pedlers are trying hard to set this country on fire. MNK and his group should stop the non-sense please

We know it is fake news from the beginning. we all know it is the handiwork of Yoruba Muslims like helinues and gavelslam. this people are the enemies of Nigeria. we reject them

Saifulah:
They say the first step of solving a problem is acknowledging the problem.

I don't want to believe this the igbo youth response. Even with the overwhelming picture and video evidence of mosques burnt you come here to add salt to injury by denying it?

Why not go and take pictures of the said mosques and prove to us that they weren't burnt and that they are still standing.

I tire for them ooo, someone gave us evidences to buttress his point n this is d crap this people could come up with.

the guy even gave the precise address of the mosques that were burnt n this people are saying thrash.

y not go to d mosque n snap it for us to prove nothing happened,just imagine these are d same people that accuse Hausa fulanis of lording over them but they are oppressing others too

Enugu government believes the burning was done by opposition Igbos to make it look bad hence, the denial.

That is the work of some lazy youths

YoonSung51:
Please let the looting and burning stop