IMN: Don’t Turn Nigeria To A Battle Ground, Group Warns Saudi Arabia, Iran

The Secretary-General of a Kaduna based Shiite organisation, Al-Thaqalayn Cultural Foundation, Sheikh Hamza Lawal has warned Saudi Arabia and Iran to desist from turning Nigeria into a theatre of war in their quest for regional superiority.
Addressing a press conference in Kaduna yesterday on the banning of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Lawal said IMN does not represent what Shiism is, saying it’s a “fake organisation and misrepresentation of Shiism.”
According to him, Members of IMN include Christians, adding that it is a movement and not a sect of Islam.
“We urge the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia to desist from making Nigeria another testing ground of their struggle for regional supremacy. We cherish our peace.
“We don’t want Nigeria to become a theatre of war by these two arms of Islam. Saudi Arabia representing the Sunni arm and Iran representing the Shii arm. We don’t want internationalisation of the war on terror. We want the sovereignty of Nigeria to be protected.
“We in Nigeria will be able to solve our problems internally. We don’t want any influence from either Iran or Saudi Arabia. Enough of the hypocrisy, selfishness and partisanship.
“We are all in this together and if Nigeria sinks, we will sink together and if it floats, we will all float together. So the Sunnis and the Shiite, have to as matter of necessity, not of a choice, agree on this common understanding that we don’t need Saudi Arabia politically. We don’t need Iran politically” he warned.