We Demolished Kano Roundabout Because It Carried Large Christian Cross – SSG
The Secretary to the Kano State Government, Baffa Bichi, has given more reasons behind the demolition of the government house roundabout monument by the administration of Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf.
The demolition of the roundabout, built by the Abdulahi Ganduje administration to commemorate Kano’s Golden Jubilee, had sparked condemnations across the state on Wednesday.
Reacting to the criticism, the governor, through his Chief Press Secretary, Sanusi Dawakin Tofa, had said the structure was substandard and may collapse in one year.
We Demolished Kano Roundabout Because It Carried Large Christian Cross – SSG
The Secretary to the Kano State Government, Baffa Bichi, has given more reasons behind the demolition of the government house roundabout monument by the administration of Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf.
The demolition of the roundabout, built by the Abdulahi Ganduje administration to commemorate Kano’s Golden Jubilee, had sparked condemnations across the state on Wednesday.
Reacting to the criticism, the governor, through his Chief Press Secretary, Sanusi Dawakin Tofa, had said the structure was substandard and may collapse in one year.
According to Daily Nigerian, while the SSG was speaking on Freedom Radio Kano on Wednesday, he said the roundabout also carried a large Christian cross, which, according to him, is against the doctrine of Islam.
Mr Bichi added that the structure was also obstructing the view of drivers accessing all routes linked through it.
“The roundabout is obstructing the view of motorists, and secondly, if you use a drone camera, you will see that the roundabout has large design of a cross on top of it.
“And over 9.99 or 100 percent of Kano indigenes are Muslims. So you can’t have a structure with a large inscription of the cross on it. It’s against Islamic values.
“Our clerics told us that whenever our beloved Prophet Muhammad saw anything, no matter how little, with a sign of cross on it, he would ensure that such a thing is destroyed.
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