MUSLIM RIGHTS
CONCERN (MURIC)
هيئة حقوق المسلمين
Motto: Dialogue,
Not Violence
28th May, 2026
PRESS RELEASE:
PANTAMI EMINENTLY
QUALIFIED FOR GOMBE GOVERNORSHIP - MURIC
An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern
(MURIC) has declared that the former Minister of Communications and Digital
Economy, Professor Ibrahim Isa Ali Pantami is eminently qualified for the post
of governor in Gombe State.
In a declaration signed by the Executive Director of the group,
Professor Ishaq Akintola on Thursday, 28th May, 2026, MURIC affirmed that its
general nonpartisanship cannot diminish its support for an eminently
qualified candidate no matter his political party.
The group also added that it had no problem with the former
minister's new party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and its newly picked
presidential candidate, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
In its own words:
"The former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,
Professor Ibrahim Isa Ali Pantami has been declared the gubernatorial candidate
of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State (https://reubenabati.com/news/2027-pantami-dumps-apc-wins-pdp-guber-primary).
"The former minister had earlier rejected the consensus
arrangement of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state about
three weeks ago before defecting to the PDP.
"We rejoice with the
former minister on his emergence as the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in
Gombe State. We also congratulate the PDP for catching a big fish. We urge
Gombe voters to appreciate the value of their gubernatorial candidate
by massively voting for him.
"We assert clearly, unequivocally, totally and categorically
that Shaykh Pantami is eminently qualified to lead the people of Gombe. As a
renowned Islamic scholar and erudite academic, Shaykh Pantami has all the
prerequisites to guide the predominantly Muslim population towards a
meaningful, happy and prosperous Muslim life.
"We therefore call
on the good Muslims of Gombe to seize this golden opportunity to set pristine
Islam as their moral compass.
"This is a chance in
a life time. It is not everyday that majority Muslims in a state have the
opportunity to vote in an Islamic scholar. Shaykh Pantami is a veritable
fountain of knowledge, an academic guru and a technocrat nulli secundus.
"We affirm that our general nonpartisanship cannot
diminish our support for an eminently qualified candidate no matter his
political party. We are party-blind and we have no problem with the former
minister's new political party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
"Neither do we have any reservations about the PDP's
recently picked presidential candidate, former President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan, whom we consider as having conducted himself with decency and dignity
since he left office as president."
#GombePDPPrimary
#Pantami
#BigFish
Professor Ishaq
Akintola,
Founder/Executive
Director,
Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC).
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