21st
October, 2024
PRESS
RELEASE:
MAKINDE’S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION: DEAD ON ARRIVAL – MURIC
As
tongues begin to wag about the 2027 presidential ambition of Governor Seyi
Makinde of Oyo State, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has foreclosed the idea.
The human rights organization said the governor should bury the thought because
of his egregious interfaith record.
This was
stated in a press statement issued on Monday, 21st October, 2024 by
the Founder and Executive Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq
Akintola.
The
group said:
“Tongues
have started wagging about the 2027 presidential ambition of Governor Seyi
Makinde of Oyo State. (https://www.naijanews.com/2024/10/19/makinde-not-a-coward-wont-join-presidential-race-through-the-backdoor-oduyoye/?utm_source=beloud.com&utm_medium=beloud.com).
“Although
the governor himself has not made any definite declaration, we are conversant
enough with the antics of politicians to know that those wagging tongues are
being used to test the political waters in the country. Whether true or false, we
advise Governor Makinde to bury the thought. It is dead on arrival.
“Is
this not the same governor who has been excluding Muslims in his state from
governance? So what does he want in Aso Rock? Exclusivism is the high watermark
of Makinde’s 6-year-old administration and it is targeted at Muslims in the
state. His presidential ambition, if it is true, is an attempt at territorial
expansionism for his anti-Muslim agenda. Makinde wants to graduate from a state
oppressor of Muslims to a national terror for the adherents of Islam.
“He
runs a ratio 14:6 Christian to Muslim cabinet in a Muslim majority state. Out
of six chairmen of agencies, only one is a Muslim and that one heads the Muslim
Pilgrims Board! Our hearts bleed. We complained severally but Makinde will not
listen (https://oyoinsight.com/makinde-has-a-christianization-agenda-muric-tackles-oyo-governor-over-appointments/).
“For
microscopic clarity, MURIC is not saying Christians should not rule Nigeria.
What we are laying emphasis on is that any Christian who aspires to rule
Nigeria must have a good interfaith record. There is no vacancy in Aso Rock for
Muslim-haters. We are not against Christians ruling Nigeria but we will stop
Christian fanatics and anti-Muslim practitioners from becoming national terrors.
“There
are many good Christian candidates with whom Nigerian Muslims can be
comfortable. Makinde is not one of them and he is advised to move closer to
Chief Femi Fani Kayode to learn how to de-escalate interfaith tension. FFK is about
the best Christian candidate Nigerian Muslims will support when the chips are
down, when the come comes to become.
“Makinde
is a potential executive bully if he enters Aso Rock. For complaining that Muslim
students were forced to enter a church to sing Christmas carol, this governor sent
security agents after MURIC’s Executive Director, thinking that we would
cringe. Governor Makinde has the noun ‘terror’ and the verb ‘to terrorise’ (https://thedefenderngr.com/makinde-is-muslim-rights-activism-a-crime-muric-abuja-chapter-asks-oyo-dss/).
“Going
by William Shakespeare’s musing in Measure For Measure, ‘But man, proud man, dress'd
in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, his
glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high
heaven as makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
would all themselves laugh mortal,’ Makinde will out-Herod Herod if given the
key to Aso Rock.
“Besides,
Makinde is not transparent enough to rule Nigeria. He has the capacity to make
false claims and the propensity to arrogate the glory of others to himself
alone. His handling of the reconstruction of Adogba Central Mosque, Ibadan, readily
comes to mind.
“Makinde
ignored all pleas to spare the mosque from demolition in 2020. After
demolishing it, the Oyo State Government rebuilt another in its place in 2023.
But Makinde fraudulently engraved his name on the mosque as if he was the sole
financier.
“He
was forced to remove his name from the main gate after MURIC complained but he still
retained his name on the wall of the mosque till this day. Arrogance, impunity
and arbitrary use of executive power are all in Seyi Makinde’s DNA. He should
produce evidence of rebuilding the mosque from his personal purse if he wants to
prove any moral right to have his name on the walls of the mosque (https://independent.ng/remove-your-name-from-our-mosque-muric-tells-makinde/).
“Engr.
Seyi Makinde is engineering political marginalization, economic deprivation and
social ostracisation for Oyo State Muslims. He will definitely plunge Nigerian
Muslims into abject penury if he ever becomes president of this country. Governor
Makinde should bury the thought due to his egregious interfaith record. We
reject this champion of religious apartheid. It had better not be.”
#GovernorMakinde
#NoToMakinde2027
Professor
Ishaq Akintola,
Founder/Executive
Director,
Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC).
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