Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, says Osun state incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola, should be re-elected for second term in office because he’s a Muslim. <\/p>\n
Ganduje appealed to Muslims in Osun to vote for Oyetola because he is the only Muslim governor in South-West, Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Ganduje, in an audio published by BBC Hausa on Friday spoke at a Hausa-dominated mosque in the state capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m here to help our brother who we want him to win the election tomorrow,\u201d Mr Ganduje told the Islamic faithful at the Jumaat prayers. \u201cAccording to reports and what is on ground, he is the only Muslim governor in the South-West so that\u2019s why I came to this big mosque to asked them to vote for him tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Osun governorship election will hold tomorrow June 16, with Mr Oyetola of the APC being challenged by Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party and Yusuf Lasun of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n
Ganduje further said, \u201cyou know Alh. Ahmed Tinubu has been given opportunity to contest on the platform of APC and we advised him to pick a Muslim as his vice and he has done it greatly so that is why in this mighty mosque we have asked them to vote for Tinubu and they have agreed to all vote for Tinubu.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ganduje\u2019s statement comes amid criticisms trailing Mr Tinubu\u2019s choice of a Muslim vice presidential candidate for the 2023 election.<\/p>\n
Since Tinubu, a Muslim former Lagos governor announced Kashim Shettima, a Muslim from Boko Haram-ravaged Borneo State, accusations of religious exclusivity against Christians have been slammed on him and his party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, says Osun state incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola, should be re-elected for second term in office because he’s a Muslim. Ganduje appealed to Muslims in Osun to vote for Oyetola because he is the only Muslim governor in South-West, Nigeria. Ganduje, in an audio published by BBC Hausa on Friday spoke at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":197237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[897,1414,2020,28],"class_list":["post-203723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ganduje","tag-osun","tag-oyetola","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"\n