Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended Pa Reuben
Fasoranti, former leader of Afenifere, for endorsing All Progressives Congress
(APC) presidential candidate, Ahmed Tinubu, as his preferred presidential
candidate for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election.
MURIC, in a statement by its director, Professor Ishaq
Akintola, on Thursday, said Pa Fasoranti’s endorsement of Tinubu is capable of
uniting the Yoruba people as Christians and Muslims will now rally behind the
former Lagos State governor in a united front.
“MURIC commends Pa Reuben Fasoranti for his sportsmanship
and broadmindedness. Pa Fasoranti’s name will be engraved in letters of gold
for ignoring the illogical, irrational and inexplicable choice of Pa Ayo
Adebanjo, who declared support for Peter Obi of the Labour Party,” MURIC’s
statement read in part.
“A major significance of Pa Fasoranti’s endorsement of
Tinubu is that it is capable of uniting the Yoruba people as Muslims and
Christians will now rally behind Tinubu in a united front. The likely fallout
of this development is a future payback by Yoruba Muslims who have shown the
willingness to support a Christian candidate in future if their Christian
counterparts vote for Tinubu, a Yoruba Muslim, in the 2023 presidential
election.”
Tinubu recently received the blessing of Pa Fasoranti, who
had resigned as the President of Afenifere.
Tinubu received the blessing last Sunday at the country home
of Pa Fasoranti.
The blessing was coming less than a few weeks after Ayo
Adebanjo, the acting leader of Afenifere, and the leadership of the Yoruba
group had endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party
(LP).
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