2023 Poll: Cleric calls for unity among Yoruba race

The President General of the League of Imams and Alfas in Southwest, Edo, and Delta states, Sheikh Jamiu Kewulere, has stressed the importance of unity and cohesion among the Yoruba race ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Kewulere, who is the Grand Imam of Ekiti, made the call in Ado-Ekiti while speaking with newsmen about the 2023 general elections.

He expressed the need for the south-west to be peaceful in their approach to all election matters and ensure they voted for credible leaders.

Kewulere urged Yoruba indigenes to form a common front before, during, and after the elections to ensure that those who would give preference to the needs of the zone emerged as leaders of the country.

He appealed to Yoruba leaders to give preference to general interests rather than selfish ones and called on religious leaders not to relent in their prayers for the nation.

The Islamic cleric expressed dissatisfaction with the state of insecurity affecting the socioeconomic growth of the nation and called for proactive measures to solve it.

According to him, most Nigerians now find it difficult to sleep with their two eyes closed.

Kewulere also used the opportunity to call on Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti to ensure that he fulfilled all his electioneering promises to the people of the state.

He has appreciated the governor so far for giving Muslims preference in his administration by appointing Dr. Habibat Adubiaro, a female Muslim leader, as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG).