Prominent Islamic scholar and leader of the Darikatul Tijjaniya Movement
in Nigeria, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, has urged the people of
Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa federal constituency in Bauchi state to vote for
the Speaker House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara in Saturday’s
National Assembly elections.
Speaking in Bauchi when the Speaker paid him a visit at the his residence,
Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi called on the people of Bauchi state to reject
politicians who use religion to divide them.
He said Hon Dogara’s track records of religious tolerance, peace building
and worthy representation speak for themselves and he should be encouraged
to do even more.
He noted that the Speaker has done remarkably well in bringing dividends
of democracy to his constituency, Bauchi state and the north east region,
hence the need for the people to reciprocate it by re-electing him on
Saturday.
He told his followers that “it will be more preferable to vote for a
Christian than a member of the Izala Movement who does not see or regard
members of Tijjaniya sect as Muslims.”
He however said, “Both Darika and Izala are under the umbrella of Islam,
our religion, but the person they are imposing on the people is the same
man who is well known in insulting our renown scholars, elders, and yet he
is calling himself a Muslim. It is like a direct insult to my father,
mother, scholars, mentors and spiritual leaders and we’ll never support
such person.
Sheik Dahiru Bauchi also offered special prayers for the success of the
speaker in the election and also prayed for the continued peace and unity
of the state and country at large.
In his remark, Hon Dogara expressed gratitude for the continued prayers of
the cleric for the peace, unity, stability development of Nigeria.
Dogara decried that over 1.3 million children are out of school in Bauchi
state, stating that the number will keep increasing unless the people
elect a government that truly cares about uplifting the standard of
education in the state.
He warned that if care is not taken, the number of out of school children
may reach five million in the next few years which portends great danger
to the society.
Earlier, an Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Muhammad Balarabe Isah Ginzum informed
Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi that speaker Dogara had built Islamiyya schools in
all the the three local governments in his constituency among other
interventions aimed at helping the Muslim community.