2027: Yari, APC leaders rally muslim clerics for Tinubu

Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), Senator Abdulaziz Yari, has led some leaders of the party to meet some Muslim clerics across North-central, North-west and North-east geo- political zones.

The meeting, which held Monday with the religious leaders, is reportedly meant to rally support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of 2027 general elections.

On the entourage with Senator Yari was former Kano state governor and APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje; former Kebbi state Governor, Senator Adamu Aliero; Senator Nasiru Sani Zangon Daura; National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Bashiru; and former Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase.

The meetings which commenced in Jos, Plateau state took Senator Yari and his team to Kano, Kaduna and Bauchi states where he met with Muslim scholars who are leaders of the
Izala, Tijjaniyya, JIBWIS and Qadiriyya sects.

In Jos, Senator Yari and his team were received by Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, Chairman of the Council of Ulama of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS).

In Bauchi, the delegation was received by Sheikh Ibrahim Dahiru Bauchi, Khalifa of the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Zawiya, who prayed for President Tinubu, and urged that dialogue between the state and the religious community be sustained, not seasonal.

While in Kaduna, Yari had a long deliberations
with Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau, National Chairman (of Kaduna faction of JIBWIS on various issues that touched on burning national issues: security, economic hardship and how to sustain mutual trust in communities of diverse ethnic nationalities.

In his remarks, Sheikh Bala Lau, commended Senator Yari for extending hands of fellowship but admonished leaders at every level to listen more and to speak to the people with sincerity.

In Kano where the APC leaders concluded their consultations with Muslim clerics, Senator Yari met with leader of the Qadiriyya movement, Sheikh Qaribullahi Nasiru Kabara, who offered special prayers for peace in Nigeria and for the success of the Council’s work.

He further urged the delegation to carry the message of unity to every corner of the federation.