The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC,
has attacked the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, for picking a Muslim
as running mate for Kolapo Olusola, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP’s in the upcoming governorship election in the state.
MURIC, in a statement on Wednesday, wondered why Fayose, who it described as a “Muslim
hater”, could now pick a Muslim as running mate for Olusosa while he (Fayose)
never had one in his cabinet as governor.
Olusola, a Christian and
gubernatorial candidate of the PDP for the July 2, 2018 election in the State,
had picked a Muslim as his running mate.
Although some Muslims in the
state reportedly celebrated the appointment, the state branch of the National
Council of Muslim Youth Organizations, NACOMYO, has cautioned that it is too
early for that.
MURIC, through its Director,
Professor Ishaq Akintola, said it is on the same page with the state branch of
NACOMYO, adding, “We can see the fingers of the state governor, Ayodele Fayose
in the pie being fried for the PDP’s gubernatorial candidate, Olusola. We have
no iota of doubt that Fayose influenced the decision to pick a Muslim as deputy
for Olusola for his own selfish reasons.
“While we admit that it is a deft
move, we wish to throw a caveat emptor. Ekiti Muslims should not repose their
trust in Ayodele Fayose because of his antecedents. Fayose, a Muslim-hater, is
bending all over to exploit Muslims. Having realized that his time is up and
that his choice candidate has a very slim chance, Fayose is now courting Muslim
votes to shore up his lapses.
“Fayose wants to eat his cake and
still have it. But what did he do with the Muslims during his tenure? How many
Muslims did he appoint to political positions? MURIC cried out in September
2015 over Fayose’s all Christian cabinet. What does Fayose think he can still
do for Muslims when he had a Christian Deputy Governor, a Christian speaker, a
Christian Deputy Speaker, and a Christian Chief of Staff? What does he and his
party want with Muslims now after ignoring our cries for four good years? It is
too late. Clowning will not help. Wearing turban will not help either. The die
is cast.
“All the state’s judges under
Fayose are Christians. All the fourteen (14) commissioners in the State are
Christians. All the twenty six (26) permanent secretaries are Christians.
Fayose only gave Muslims one Special adviser. Special adviser my foot!
“He did not stop there. All the
state’s 5-member boards are Christians including Only one Muslim is a board
member in the whole of Ekiti. The 7-member boards of colleges of education and
that of health technology are all Christians. All the sixteen (16) education
secretaries are Christians while all the sixteen (16) local government
caretaker chairmen are Christians except one.
“Fayose deliberately impoverished
Muslims. Even the Muslim deputy he has picked now is the only local government
chairman in the state. So he is not new in Fayose’s administration. It is a
dirty trick. Muslims in the state should ‘shine their eyes’ very well.
“Those who say South West people
are tolerant should borrow a leaf from this. It is the Muslims who are bearing
the brunt. There is no religious tolerance in the South West. As individual
Christians and Muslims, yes. We live together in the same houses and work
together in the same workplaces.
“ Christians and Muslims exist in
the same families. We also intermarry. But as a body of Muslims, capital ‘NO’.
Anything that will benefit South West Muslims or Islam as an institution is
always fiercely resisted by South West Christians.”
MURIC therefore, called on the
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Kayode Fayemi, to also pick a
Muslim as his running mate in order to checkmate the governor, while calling on
Ekiti Muslims to know those that are truly their friends and those who want to
deceive them.
MURIC added, “The only way to
checkmate Fayose now is for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) to also pick a Muslim as his running mate. Muslims in the state know
Fayemi very well. Unlike Fayose who is a Muslim-hater, Fayemi showed Muslims
love when he was governor in the state.
“Fayemi’s wife, a very decent
woman, is a practicing Muslim. It was Fayemi, a Christian governor, who made
the bold move of issuing the circular which allowed female Muslim students in
the state to use hijab. Fayemi is a liberal to the core.
“MURIC wants Ekiti Muslims to
know their true friends and to know those who want to deceive them.
“Fool me once, shame on you. But
fool me again, shame on me.” There goes the wise saying. We will not be
enslaved twice. Was it not Fayose who went on mosque-demolition sprees? Is it
so long ago? Who ordered the shutting down of your Arabic classes in Ado Ekiti?
“Was it not the same Fayose who
got power-drunk that he publicly lambasted our revered Shaykh Muhyideen the
famous Ansarud-deen preacher? Can he do that to his pastor? What did his party
do about his atrocities? Did they make any attempt to placate Muslims in the
state?
“ Fayose is a Muslim hater and
Ekiti Muslims should not come near him with a long pole, particularly at this
crucial period. Those who have ignored us and oppressed us all this while
cannot, with any iota of sincerity, claim to be our friends in election period.
“In the meantime we exhort all
Muslims in Ekiti State to get their PVCs. We are not advocating religion as a
criterion in voting. Vote for true democrats and cool-headed politicians. Vote
for diligence. Vote for integrity.
“Avoid Fayose and other unpredictable
politicians who have made life miserable for you in the past. Avoid those who
demolish your mosques and those who closed your Arabic classes. It is pay back
time and the exercise is just beginning. We can’t wait to see Fayose in
Kirikiri. The evil that men do…,” the group said.
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Wahala dey O, Your Excellency Sir Gov Ayodele Ifayiose, Sir You will soon post it in the media that APC were behind this cos President Buhari is a Muslim, Yoruba adage says IPO kipo ta ba wa, ka lo re tori igba ta ba fipo sile...Esan to de bayi call international to come and safe you from this one again..
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