2027: APC-PCC DG Consults Northern Muslim Clerics

Ahead of the 2027 general election, Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council(APC-PPC), Senator Abdulaziz Yari held consultative meetings with Muslim Clerics across certain states in the North Central, North west and North east geo- political zones in the country.

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

He was accompanied by 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 to enlist the support of the religious leaders for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu.

Also on the entourage include Hon. James Abiodun Faleke and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase.

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 Jos, Plateau state.

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.

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

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, the APC-PCC and his team 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.

The cleric encouraged the delegation to carry the message of unity to every corner of the country.