The national chairman Council of Ulama, Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa’Ikamatis Sunnah, (JIBWIS), Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, has endorsed the candidature of Senator Ahmad Bola Tinubu and Sen. Kashim Shettima, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming presidential elections.
Sheikh Jingir, who made the endorsement yesterday, at the closing of the JIBWIS 30th National Annual Seminar, which was held at its Science Secondary School, Zaria Road, Jos, said it was his personal interest and firm conviction that informed his decision, but clarified that it doesn’t stop his followers from voting other candidates of their choice.
According to the cleric, “The Executive Committee of JIBWIS met, and I asked members to make their choices amongst the presidential candidates known.
“All of the eight presidential candidates that are Muslims are all mine. They are good people, but I will vote Muslim-Muslim ticket. I will vote for Tinubu. This is my personal decision, and you can also go and vote for whoever you wish to vote for”, he stated.
Sheikh Jingir admonished Asiwaju Tinubu to be fair and just to all irrespective of religious, tribal or sectional differences if eventually elected president of Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the Islamic group has in its communiqué, assured that it will maintain its methodology of teaching and preaching in accordance with the Holy Quran and Sunnah, to ensure effective religious, moral, economic and social development of the Muslim Ummah.
