The Muslim Community in Oyo State has resolved to mobilize its members in order to ensure that a Muslim from the South is elected President of Nigeria in 2023.
They claim that it is time for a Muslim from Nigeria’s southern region to become president.
This information was disclosed by the organization in a communique issued at the conclusion of its executive and stakeholders meeting in Ibadan.
The organization, in a communique signed by Ishaq Kunle Sanni, Chairman, and Murisiku Abidemi Siyanbade, Secretary-General, vowed to mobilize for any Muslim from the country’s south who expressed interest in becoming President in 2023.
The duo explained that since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, no Southern Muslim has ever held the number one or even the number two position in Nigeria.
As a result, they stated that they would only support Muslim candidates from southern Nigeria for president in 2023.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the duo stated that they will mobilize Muslims across the country in support of the election of a Southern Muslim President.
They insisted on doing so through physical exertion and supplications to Almighty Allah.
From the preceding list of past Presidents/Heads of State and Vice Presidents/Chiefs of (General) Staff of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, not a single Muslim from Southern Nigeria has ever occupied the positions of President, nor that any Muslim from Northern Nigeria has ever occupied the positions of Vice President.
“The meeting resolved to mobilize Muslims in Oyo State to ensure that a Muslim from the South emerges as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023.” We hereby implore PFN, CAN, and other Christian organizations to join us in ensuring that a Southern Muslim becomes the next President of Nigeria in the spirit of equity, justice, and fear of God.
“On our own, we will mobilize Muslims in Oyo State and beyond toward the emergence of a Southern Muslim President, through physical efforts and supplications to Almighty Allah, Rabbul’ aalamin(the Lord of all Worlds).
