Ahmad Tijjani Abdul,
Kano
The Chairman, Kano Council of Ulamas, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, weekend denied reports that the elite Islamic Clerics endorsed the 2023 presidential ambition of the national leader of All Progressives Party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil who spoke in Kano said
“Ulamas and Imams in Kano have diverse political allegiance, and thus, it’s impossible to imagine getting all of them to endorse a single candidate. This report about endorsement of a particular candidate is absolutely not true.”
The apolitical cleric revered for his scholarship explained that “Tinubu was in Kano to attend the wedding fatiha of Sheikh Bn Usman’s daughter, and there was nothing in his schedule to meet with the Council of Ulamas, talk less of seeking for their endorsements of his rumoured ambition.”
Media reports on both traditional and social media last Saturday quoted one Shehu Shehu Maihula to have endorsed Chief Tinubu’s presidential ambition, on behalf of the Kano’s Council of Ulama.
In the report Maihula allegedly told the APC chieftain that, “You Bola Tinubu brought to Buhari the Muslim and Christian South to mend fences with the North for him to achieve his long time desire.”
“This we will reciprocate and reciprocate well, by giving you all the necessary support you require to achieve your desire, this is an assurance to you for what you have done for us,” added Maihula.