Eid-el-Maulud: Ekweremadu Urges Peaceful Coexistence 
As Muslim Ummah celebrate Eid-el-Maulud, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has urged them to pray for peaceful coexistence, security and prosperity of the nation.
Ekweremadu who made the call in a special Eid-el-Maulud message to Muslim faithful expressed worries that whereas the country’s religions and cultures professed peace, love, good neighbourliness, hitherto unimaginable and horrendous acts of terrorism and violence were being visited on the nation under the pretexts of religion.
“Our religions and cultures have no place for the violence and acts of terrorism that is putting the country on the global map for the wrong reasons while pushing her to the edge at the same time, hence I enjoin all Nigerians and the Muslim faithful to continually shun messengers of extremism and denounce all those who hide under the cloak of religion to pursue unhealthy agenda and perpetrate crimes against their neighbours, the state, and humanity”, he emphasised.
The Deputy President of the Senate said the birth of Prophet Mohammed was still being celebrated even thousands of years after his death not only because he founded a religion, but most importantly because he preached and practiced a religious faith anchored on peaceful coexistence, unity, and love for one’s neighbour.
Senator Ekweremadu wished Muslim Ummah a merry Eid-el-Maulud.
Uche Anichukwu is Special Adviser (Media) to Deputy President of Senate
