I received President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s campaign Council and I received Peter Obi a week later than.
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“We collect everybody that comes to us. I’m not a associate of any political party and we have nothing to do together with politics.
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-Whole of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has stated that the institution has nothing to do using politics, but it is established to gain visits by politicians vying for the 2027 elections.
Speaking during the NSCIA’s Whole Assembly on Thursday in Abuja, the sultan said politicians have begun reaching out to its members but it has let them recognize what the category stands for.
He said he has received campaign councils from the All Progressive Congress and the Nigeria Democratic congress (NDC) and is expecting a delegation from the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
“Some of our members participated in some of those elections. We didn’t wish for to do that political thing. And we prefer to thank him for his solution to Islam and to our country. We are honoured to have them come and we tell them the same thing. We will tell them who we are, what we stand for and then Inshallah we will experiment to do the top we can do for Islam and for all of us in this country and beyond.”
He went on to declare that the assembly was organized to raise the bond in the midst of Muslims in the country.
He additionally said the prayer session that was held on Wednesday was not for politics but to pray for the country and restore safety as well as security to the parts.
“Some are saying the prayers have political elements. I am sure Atiku will come together with Amaechi. Whilst he was there, he was doing his periodic job, and we didn’t detect him wanting as he was able to combine the two.”
It was a prayer for our country; for the peace and care of our country, for all of us who are involved in making efforts to produce peace for this country and the prayer took place successfully, alhamdulillah.
The Sultan urged members of the council to continue united and contribute to the issues earlier than the Universal Assembly, stressing the demand for the Muslim network to speak including one instruction on matters of ordinary worry, as he additionally announced the intention to produce the Universal Assembly an annual event.
He furthermore commended the Secretary-Widespread of the NSCIA and former JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. We are extremely happy alongside what you’ve done in the Universal Assembly and we desire to publicly acknowledge that, yes, you did what you knew how to do optimal, and Almighty Allah guided you, and you were able to catch snakes that swallowed N60 million.
“So, we appreciate you, and on behalf of our colleagues here, we thank you most sincerely, and we pray to Almighty Allah to grant us additional of such selfless, hardworking humans who have Islam at heart when they do things owing to the detail that they recognize they are representing us at any individual place. Is-haq Oloyede, for his command in restoring trust and transparency in the agency.
“We gave me a title in recognition of his selfless offering to Islam and furthermore to our country.
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