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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC), Abdulaziz Yari, led delegation of some council members across some states in the North Central, North West and North East geopolitical zones to hold a parley with Muslim clerics.
The meeting was part of consultations with faith-based stakeholders ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Information from Yari’s office, disclosed that the meetings commenced in Jos, Plateau states before heading to Kano, Kaduna and Bauchi states where the delegation met with Muslim scholars and leaders of the Izala, Tijjaniyya, JIBWIS and Qadiriyya sects.
Among those that accomplied the former Zamfara State governor to seek the support of the religious leaders for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election were former Kano, Borno and Kebbi State governors, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje; Ali Modu Sheriff, and Senator Adamu Aliero respectively.
Others were Senator Nasiru Sani Zangon Daura; National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, James Abiodun Faleke and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase.
The Senator Yari-led delegation were received In Jos by Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, Chairman of the Council of Ulama of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS).
Receiving the delegation in Bauchi, Sheikh Ibrahim Dahiru Bauchi, Khalifa of the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Zawiya, prayed for President Tinubu, demanding sustainance of dialogue between the state and the religious community.
In Kaduna, there was a long deliberations on wide range of issues bothering on burning national importance between the delegation and the National Chairman of Kaduna faction of JIBWIS, Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau.
The discussion centred on security, economic hardship and sustainance of mutual trust in communities of diverse ethnic nationalities.
Sheikh Bala Lau, in his remarks, commended Senator Yari for extending hands of fellowship but admonished that leaders at every level should listen more and speak to the people with sincerity.
While concluding their consultations with Muslim clerics in Kano, Senator Yari-led delegation had met with leader of the Qadiriyya movement, Sheikh Qaribullahi Nasiru Kabara, who offered special prayers for peace in Nigeria and for the success of the Council’s work.
He further urged; “the delegation should carry the message of unity to every corner of the federation.”
