Highly provocative, Fani-Kayode rebuts cleric’s comment on Muslim-Muslim ticket

Nigeria's Ambassador-designate to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has denounced Islamic cleric Sheikh Yahya Jingir's recent comments advocating for a continued Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in the 2027 general elections. Jingir, who made the remarks at an event attended by some All Progressives Congress governors, praised President Bola Tinubu for promoting the Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential election and urged Muslims to support such candidates.

Fani-Kayode labeled the comments as "highly provocative" and warned against what he described as divisive rhetoric in Nigeria's multi-religious society.

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