The Muslim Community in Ondo State has expressed delight with the choice of a Moslem, Alhaji Ganny Dauda, as the deputy governorship candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD).
The Chief Imam of Akure, Alhaji Abdulazeez Yayi-Akorede, lauded the AD and its governorship candidate, Chief Olusola Oke, for recognising Moslems with the deputy governorship slot.
Yayi-Akorede, who spoke at the Akure Central Mosque when some Moslem leaders played host to Oke, said Moslems in the state would not have anything to do with political parties that didn't recognise Moslems as he promised to reach out to other Moslem groups and organisations on the need to vote AD in the November 26 election.
Among the three leading political parties - AD, PDP and APC - in the race for the Alagbaka Government House, only AD nominated a Moslem as running mate.
The cleric, who said some politicians had promised and disappointed Moslems in the past, urged Oke not to relent on his good deeds.
Speaking, former National President of Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria, Alhaji Sirajudeen Abdulazeez, advised Oke to address all injustice meted to Moslems in the state.
Abdulazeez said the various political imbalances done Moslems in the state must be corrected by the AD government for it to continue to enjoy the support of Moslems.
Oke, who said Dauda's emergence as running mate was divine, stressed the need for balance between the two major political parties - Christianity and Islamic.
The AD candidate while appreciating the role of Moslems and the efficacy of their prayers in ensuring good moral upbringing, peace and development, assured that his government would always accord them their due regard and recognition.
Oke said: "The AD is out to bail Ondo State out of the poverty and hunger ravaging it in spite of its vast natural endowments".
According to him, any society where poverty takes higher percentage is prone to
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