Catholic bishop of Oyo Reverend Badejo says Muslims have a right to want to Islamise Nigeria

CATHOLIC bishop of Oyo Diocese Most Reverend Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo has declared that Muslims have a right to Islamise Nigeria because one of them is in power and it is perfectly okay for them to have such an agenda.

Over recent years, the Nigerian Christian community has accused Muslims of trying to Islamise Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari in particular has been criticised for pursuing a northern Muslim agenda. In response to the criticism, Reverend Badejo lambasted Christians crying foul, noting that they had the opportunity to Christainize Nigeria but failed to do so.

Reverend Badejo said Christians in high office only know how to engage in bickering and fight for positions, leaving out policies that would favour them. He added that he has always shared the view of John Cardinal Onaiyekan. believing that Muslims have an Islamisation agenda and they have a right to have it.

“Do Christians have a Christianisation agenda? Yes, I hope so and we have a right to have it. The Muslims are pursuing an agenda, so why are we not pursuing ours?

“Nigeria, for many many years, had a larger number of Christians in power but we failed when we should have worked and even now, instead of trying to catch up on our lapses, we’re busy pointing fingers. It’s part of Islam to Islamise, is it not part of our own programme too to evangelise? How much of it are we doing?" Reverend Badejo added.

According to reverend Badejo, the education curriculum, which caused so a row recently, was approved when a Christian was chair of the body. He added that a large number of Christians today are Christians in name, who pursue power, position, privileges.

Reverend Badejo added: "That’s not Christianity and that’s where I come to the issue of the prosperity gospel. We have not yet done research on how much damage prosperity gospel has done to the psyche of Christianity in our country.

“Prosperity gospel provides cheap solutions to complex realities of life and so many people have heard it. They believe that it is actually possible to have cancer and pray it away, when doctors are actually available and that it is possible to fail exams and still become the director of a bank, if you pray enough.”