2027: Vote for competence, not religion – Sheikh Daurawa counters Jingir

A salient Islamic scholar, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, has urged Nigerians not to marque elections a spiritual issue, saying voters should absorption connected electing leaders who tin present bully governance.

Daurawa made the remarks on Wednesday during an interrogation with DW, monitored by DAILY POST, portion reacting to salient Islamic cleric Sheikh Sani Jingir’s comments expressing enactment for the Muslim-Muslim statesmanlike summons up of the 2027 wide elections.

According to him, authorities should beryllium astir competence and work alternatively than the spiritual individuality of candidates.

“It shouldn’t beryllium astir religion but who is going to work, what is the idiosyncratic susceptible of doing, and what has helium done?” helium said.

The cleric argued that Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian strategy is not based connected religion and that the country’s Constitution does not recognise immoderate governmental enactment arsenic either Islamic oregon Christian.

“Is determination immoderate enactment registered by INEC arsenic an Islamic enactment oregon a Christian enactment oregon has immoderate spiritual manifesto?” helium said.

Daurawa said Nigerians should beryllium escaped to ballot for immoderate candidate, whether the summons is Muslim-Muslim, Christian-Christian, Christian-Muslim oregon Muslim-Christian.

He added that nary 1 should insult oregon onslaught others due to the fact that of the spiritual creation of a governmental ticket.

“Nigerians person sense. They should justice candid...