Tinubu's Eid Message: No Faith Permits Banditry or Taking Human Life
President Bola Tinubu used his address following Eid-el-Kabir prayers at Dodan Barracks in Lagos on Wednesday to deliver a message that went beyond the customary holiday greetings. He called on Nigerians to reject banditry, ethnic hatred, and religious violence, anchoring his appeal in the theological heart of the celebration itself. "Nowhere in the holy teachings does it say you should engage in banditry or take a human life," Tinubu said. He went further, drawing directly from the story of Ibrahim, the act of sacrifice at the center of Eid-el-Kabir, to make his point about the value of human life. "The sacrifice we speak of, even from the beginning of life, where we take these lessons, teaches us that a child was replaced with an animal. That is the value placed on human life." It is a theologically grounded argument, and a deliberate one. By locating his appeal inside the meaning of the holiday rather than outside it, Tinubu was not lecturing Muslims about their ...
