Benue: Forum advocates coexistence among Christians, Muslims
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by salisu sani-idris4 ahmed welcomed the idfp team to benue and expressed hope that the visit will put an end to the crisis in the state1 alhaji ibrahim yahaya head of idfp in a statement issued on friday in abuja gave the advice when he visited the benue chapters of the christian association nigeria can and the jamaatu nasril islam jni1 yahaya said that the idfp visited the state to interact with muslims and christians leaders as well as other stakeholders on how to end the security challenges bedevilling the state1 according to him idfp activities of promoting peace and dialogue in resolving crisis were being supported by the vienna-based kaiciid dialogue centre1 responding rev. augustine leva the benue state can chairman noted that adherents of both faiths benefit from living in peace and harmony1 according to leva there is mutual respect and peaceful coexistence among muslims and christians in benue while the security challenge in the state has nothing to do with religion1 we have no problem amongst us because we have in time past collaborated and work together for peace1 the interfaith dialogue forum for peace idfp a forum of religious leaders has stressed the need for peaceful coexistence among muslims and christians in benue1 we have always received invitations from our muslim brothers during ramadan to breakfast with them we have an excellent relationship with our muslim brothers he said1 the chairman however advised the herders to embrace the reaching policy saying that its the best solution to ending the herdersfarmers clashes in the state1 on his part alhaji garba baba jni chairman in the state said there was no conflict between adherents of both religions in the state1 i have three wives two of them are idoma and one is tiv. we all are living in peace and we have no problem whatsoever1 sometime the media misinform the people and that is why we do have some misconception the chairman said1 also speaking alhaji baba ahmed the state secretary of jni handed over a written submission to the team on ways toward ending the security challenges in the state1 when we staged a protest in support of the anti-grazing bill assented by gov. samuel ortom we worked as a united force1