President Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo has hinted that the group would support the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general elections.
Oladejo dropped this hint in Ibadan while speaking with newsmen at the MUSWEN 7th General Assembly held at the Islamic Centre, University of Ibadan Central Mosque.
The MUSWEN president stressed that their support for the APC presidential candidate alongside others was not based on religious affiliation but on competence as well as his track records in the field of politics.
“MUSWEN has already made its intention known. We are supporting Tinubu to become Nigeria’s president in 2023. Our support for Tinubu is based on his competence and track records. We can all see his performance as governor of Lagos state and the state till date remained the number one most viable state in Nigeria with lots of innovations,” he said.
Speaking further he said the choice of Kashim Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate was just a coincidence and that people should vote en masse for Tinubu in the general election.
He then tasked Muslims to get prepared for the presidential and other elections, they should get registered as voters, collect their PVCs and vote, saying, ” Muslims should participate in the elections, as voters, as participants, they should participate actively”
In his speech at the opening of the 7th General Assembly, Alhaji Oladejo said MUSWEN in collaboration with the office of the Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA) carried out a general sensitization of the Ummah in all the 6 states of MUSWEN for their positive involvement in the 2023 elections in the country.
