The founder of Peace Revival and Reconciliation Foundation, Pastor Yohanna Buru, has secured the release of Muslim inmates from Kaduna prison.
The Christian leader’s decision to secure the bail of the inmates was with a view to helping them partake in the Ramadan fast with their families, friends and relatives.
He said the Ramadan month was a sacred month for Muslims, during which they devoted time and resources in the service of Allah and to pray for favours.
“We select only Muslims male and female inmate because we want them to go back home and pray for the country, we select only Muslims because this is their holy month of Ramadan, and we selected Muslims so as to strengthening peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Christians and we selected Muslim in order to let them know that Christians are their brothers not enemy,” he said.
Buru also noted that some inmates who are being locked up in prisons across the country were not guilty of the offence but were in jail due to lapses in the nation’s judicial system.
He said that such people need help regardless of their religion or political affiliation, adding that such gesture would foster peace and unity in the country.
“The issue of religious differences between Islam and Christianity in Nigeria must be down-played to allow for unity and peace.”
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