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The leaders, who met under the aegis of Christian Council of Nigeria, also argued that Sanusi was trying to create more trouble in the country because of the likely consequences of the Islamic banking, which they noted could be worse than Boko Haram.
The group alleged that the CBN governor was deceiving the nation, noting that Sanusi was being economical with truth over the motive behind the bank. It expressed the belief that the Islamic banking system was a hidden agenda to receive money from terrorist supporters to fund Boko Haram and terrorism in Nigeria.
Chairman of the group, Bishop Emmanuel Chukwuma of the Enugu Anglican Diocese, who briefed newsmen at the end of their meeting, said though they were not against non-interest banking, the religious connotation being attached to the bank becomes suspect.
Said he: “This is because while we were registering private universities with religious names, the National University Commission [NUC] rejected it. They insisted that we should not use Christian names or connotation to register the schools. Why then are they registering a bank with a religious name.
“Mallam Sanusi should be more sincere and drop the name Islamic bank. There is no business without an interest motive. The Islamic banking is a hidden agenda to receive money from terrorist supporters to fund Boko Haram and terrorism in Nigeria, which is not acceptable for the security and peace of this nation. The government of Nigeria should stop and caution Mallam Sanusi, who is becoming so much fanatical about this issue. There is danger ahead.”
The Christian body said that Sanusi was in a mission to destabilise existing banks in the country, stressing that what the nation required at the moment was a system that could grow and stabilise the banks.
It further expressed disappointment over the silence disposition, which northern and Islamic leaders have shown over the contentious banking practice, stressing: “If they are not party to the agenda to destabilise Nigeria, why have they not called the CBN governor to order as well as wash their hands off the banking system.”
Querying why the bank did not go by the name, “National Non-interest Bank,” chairman of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Obi Onubugo, said Christians would rise to demand the registration of Christian banking.
He said there was a plot to drag the country into anarchy so as to destabilise the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, stressing that they would do all in their power to stop the bank.
Onubugo said: “Why the name Islamic banking. Why the non-interest banking. In the PFN, we have warned that there is danger ahead and Nigerians should beware. There is a hidden agenda there. That is all we can say.”
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