Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- Anyone against the universal brotherhood of humankind and the secularism of multicultural Nigeria is an infidel. So is anyone who canvasses for bloodletting as a campaign tool or the required red carpet to line the route to gory electoral victory. In my books, both Sheikh Yahaya Jingir and Senator Francis Fadahunsi fit the bill.

First, let's look at Sheikh Yahaya Jingir.

Seventy-six-year-old Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir is the National Chairman of the Council of Ulama of Jama'atu Izalatil Bid'ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) headquartered in Jos, Plateau State. As the leader of one of Northern Nigeria's largest Salafi Islamic organisations, his sermons and public declarations hold significant influence among millions of f...