Kano State government has banned a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabar Nasir Kabara, from preaching in the state following a charge that his preaching was inflammatory and capable of inciting unrest.
The state Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, in a Statement in Kano on Thursday, said the decision to stop the cleric was resolved at the weekly State Executive Council meeting held at Government House, Kano.
The statement ordered the immediate closure of all the seminaries own by the cleric, adding that the seminaries would remain shut pending the outcome of the investigation being conducted by security agencies.
The statement further explained that the Executive Council had also directed all broadcast stations and social media platforms in the state to abstain from airing his inflammatory preaching, sermons, propagation, and any other religious discussions of his in the interest of peace and tranquility in the state.
The statement stated further that security agencies have been directed to ensure full compliance with the directives and to take firm and decisive action against any person or group of persons and institutions found flouting the order.
