He said those who will moderate the debate, which will take place at the palace of the Emir of Kano, have been carefully selected.
Garba further said although the dialogue/debate was at the instance of Sheikh Abduljabbar and the other scholars, the state government acted as facilitator by providing the venue for the dialogue and the necessary security for the overall safety of the exercise, before, during and after.
Earlier in the month, Sheikh Abduljabbar was debarred from preaching in the state for his mode of teachings considered too incendiary.
The state government had also shut down all the seminaries run by the cleric pending investigation by security agencies.
Daily Trust that the ban was politically motivated.
Beyond banning the cleric, the state government had also ordered that all seminaries run by the cleric be shut down pending investigations by security agencies.
It also directed all broadcast stations and social media platforms to abstain from airing inflammatory preaching, sermons, propagation and any other religious discussions in the interest of peace.
The cleric has been known for controversial messages and reported attacks on the companions of Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
But he insisted he was banned because he worked against Gov Abdullahi Ganduje’s 2019 reelection.
The keenly contested elections ended with a runoff which Ganduje’s All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Abba Kabir Yusuf.