Sheikh Ibrahim Daimagoro, an Islamic cleric, has stated that the pairing of a Muslim candidate with another Muslim deputy candidate, as chosen by the All Progressives Congress in its presidential ticket for the 2023 election, is not wrong.
While addressing at a prayer session in Ilorin on Monday in honor of Kwara state governor, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, Danmaigoro referenced the recent election of two Christians as governor and deputy governor in Osun State as proof of the APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
Danmaigoro noted that the people of Osun State abandoned religious sentiments in the governorship election by voting for the Peoples Democratic Party’s Christian-Christian ticket.
“If there is nothing wrong in the people of Osun State voting for the PDP’s Christian-Christian ticket, then there is nothing wrong in Nigerians supporting the presidential candidate of the APC and his running mate, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kassim Shettima who are both Muslims.
“What should be paramount in the minds of Nigerians is the election of capable hand as the nation’s next president and Tinubu has all it takes to make Nigeria great again,” the cleric said.
Though the event was intended to commemorate the birthday of AlhAbdulHameed Sambo, a former Commissioner in the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, it was transformed into a prayer ground for both Governor AbdulRazaq and Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu.
The special adviser on strategy to the governor of Kwara State, Saadu Salahu; a former state lawmaker, Barr. Bamidele Aluko; the chairman of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Dr AbdulKadir Sambaki; an APC stalwart, Alh Baba Adefalu; Brigadier-General Agbabiaka; and a retired permanent secretary in the state, Alhaja Mopelola AbdulRahman.
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