On Sunday, a Christian cleric, Father Yohanna Buro was given an award for helping to bail some Muslims out of jail so they could spend Ramadan at home.
Father
Yohanna who heads the Christ Evangelical and Intercessory Fellowship
Ministeries, and a group of volunteers helped to secure the release of 30
Muslim men and women from some prisons in Kaduna state. The prisoners were
serving jail terms because they had been unable to pay for their bail.
The
cleric stated that the gesture is to promote peace, "I have sought the
release of my Muslim brothers, so they can fast and pray to God that peace will
prevail in our country," he said.
According
to Deutsche Welle, the Muslim Media Organization arranged a meeting of
representatives of all main Muslim organizations so that Father Buro could
personally receive an award for what he had done.
Meanwhile,
Sheikh Salihu Mai Barota, one of Kaduna's leading Muslim clerics while
addressing the released persons said Father Buro's actions should be an example
to all religious leaders and rulers.
"They
were all surprised that it was a Christian priest who secured the Muslims'
release," he said.
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