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Only Tinubu Will Have Our Votes Come 2023 – South West Muslim Group Declares

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Only Tinubu Will Have Our Votes Come 2023 - South West Muslims Declare
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Muslims from the South West region of Nigeria have been urged to not vote for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, or any other presidential candidate except former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The call to support the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was made on Sunday by the Muslim Ummah of South West of Nigeria (MUSWEN), Naija News reports.

MUSWEN in the statement made available to newsmen on Sunday charged Muslims across the six states that make up South West region- Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, and Lagos, to troop out en mass with their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) on February 25, 2023, and cast their votes for Tinubu.

Speaking with newsmen shortly after the 7th General Assembly of the organisation held in Ibadan, MUSWEN President, Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, said that the conclusion of the organisation is that Muslims in the region should support the former governor of Lagos State only.

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He further warned the kinsmen to not go against the conclusion, stating that it was necessary to support Tinubu for what the APC candidate has done in Lagos State.

Oladejo said: “Muslims should get prepared for the presidential and other elections; they should get registered as voters, collect their PVCs, and vote. Muslims should participate in the elections, as voters, as participants, they should participate actively. The position of MUSWEN is that we are supporting Bola Ahmed Tinubu because he is from the region.

“Muslims in the South West should support him. And all Muslim organisations in the South West are supporting Bola Ahmed Tinubu because of what he has done. He is the only capable one.”

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He avowed that: “Because of what he has done in Lagos State, Lagos is the number one state in Nigeria that can do things without federal allocation in Nigeria, and we believe that he can replicate that at the federal level.”

At the event held at the University of Ibadan, were Secretary to the Ekiti State government, Dr. Habibat Adubiaro, MUSWEN Executive Secretary, Professor Muslih Yahya, Alhaji Kunle Sanni, University of Ibadan’s Chief Imam, Professor Abdulrahman Oloyede and former MUSWEN Executive Secretary, Professor Daud Noibi, Naija News understands.

Others are MUSWEN Deputy Presidents 1 and 2, Alhaji Rafiu Ebiti and Alhaji Thabit Sonaike respectively.

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