Abdulmutallab Mohammed Auwal, an Islamic preacher in Kano, declared on Friday that the Muslim community would assist All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in realizing his long-held dream.
According to a SaharaReporters report seen by WITHIN NIGERIA on Friday, the cleric stated that the APC Muslim/Muslim ticket is a call to Jihad and that they will defend the call with their votes in February.
According to the news outlet, Auwal said this today at a special prayer session organized by Muslim clerics in Kano for Tinubu’s candidacy’s success.
Auwal reportedly told the congregation that Tinubu/ticket Shettima’s had defined Islam’s supremacy, urging all Muslim voters to vote for the APC overwhelmingly on election day.
This meeting was convened by our group, Islamic Preachers and we’ve invited about 75 Muslim groups, including the Kaduna State Izala and the Jos (Plateau state) Izala, the Salafiya, Kadariya, IMWAN, Muslims in Da’awa, Women in Da’awa. Also here are groups like Yoruba and Igbo Muslim groups. Last but not least, we have here the Kano Imams’ group.
The import of today’s sitting is to let the clerics and indeed all Muslim leaders know that the Muslim/Muslim ticket is not about mere promises of bringing dividends of democracy like road and infrastructure. This ticket is about the supremacy of Islam. This ticket has honoured Islam. Therefore, we’ll honour it with our ballots, Auwal was quoted saying at the session.
The cleric furthermore declared that a Muslim is always better than an infidel. “What more of two Muslims combined? This informed why we undertook to create this awareness and to let all of us know that this Muslim/Muslim ticket is a jihad call to all Muslims,” Auwal said.
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Tinubu has long worked to make the Muslim/Muslim ticket a reality
Another preacher, Sheikh Abdallah Saleh Pakistan, who is said to be the leader of the Izala sect in Kano, noted that the former Governor of Lagos State had long advocated for the enthronement of a Muslim/Muslim candidate.
We’ve discussed extensively on how this candidate (Tinubu) has for a long time strived to actualise the Muslim/Muslim ticket. He paired Nuhu Ribadu with a Muslim Yoruba back then and was also instrumental to the Abiola/Kingibe, Muslim/Muslim ticket, the cleric said.
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who was also present, reportedly stated that all Muslims would support the Tinubu/Shettima ticket.
According to him, it was not the first time that Muslim/Muslim was practiced in the country.
Muslim/Muslim ticket is not new to Nigeria. The Abiola/Kingibe Muslim/Muslim was overwhelmingly voted Muslims, and it succeeded. Unfortunately, a military junta nullified the victory. Another opportunity is here and thank God we’re now in democracy; no one can annul the election, Ganduje reportedly said.
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