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2023: Nigerian Politician Displays Tinubu Campaign Poster In Ka’aba

Different Reaction as politician display Tinubu’s campaign poster in Kaaba during Tawaf
Taking political campaign posters to the premises of Ka’abah is morally wrong – Senator Sheu Sanni

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Mr. Kaokab Ibraheem, a Nigerian politician, displayed a campaign poster of Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and presidential candidate, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia.

Mr Ibraheem was photographed holding Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s campaign poster near the Kaabah at Masjid Al-Haram, Mecca’s Grand Mosque.

The Kaabah, Islam’s most sacred structure, is a large cubic structure draped in a black cloth embroidered in gold with Quranic verses.

The photos of Mr Ibraheem holding the poster were believed to have been taken on Thursday, when his Nigerian supporters held a special Tawaf in his honor at the Grand Mosque.

Ready to serve,” read the caption of the campaign poster with a picture of Tinubu and Mr Ibraheem. The latter is also aspiring to be a member of the House of Representatives. He seeks to represent Alimosho Federal Constituency in 2023.

Some Islamic scholars and political leaders from Nigeria, including Bola Tinubu, attended the Tawaf.

The former Lagos State governor is a leading presidential candidate for Nigeria’s ruling party, the APC.

Tinubu has traveled across the country seeking support and promising to improve security and the economy since his official declaration in January.

In Saudi Arabia, Tinubu’s supporters said they had “faith that Allah would ensure a peaceful electioneering and victory for Mr Tinubu.”

“We have come to seek the favour of Allah and His blessings for Asiwaju in the coming election,” said Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, according to a press release by his office

We are not testing Allah’s will and power but soliciting His blessings, support and anointing because Allah is sufficient for us. We are doing this in support of Asiwaju’s presidential ambition,” said the Speaker, who was also in Mecca for the prayer.

While it is generally acceptable to visit the Holy Mosque to seek the favour of Allah and His blessings, some Islamic scholars believe it is wrong to be carrying political posters around the Grand Mosque.

“Muslims ultimately perform Umrah, the lesser Hajj, intending to cleanse their souls and revive their relationship with God,” said Isa Abdulrahman, a Kano-based cleric.

“That aim is defeated when worshippers go to the sacred land with campaign posters,” he added. “The Kaabah is the most important place in Islam. It should never be a ground for political campaigning.”

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Also, a former senator, Shehu Sani, said “taking political campaign posters to the premises of Ka’abah is morally wrong.”

“The Hajj Commission must take serious action on this before it gets worse,” Mr Sani wrote on Facebook. “Any culprit should be banned for Ten years from going to Mecca for Hajj and Lesser Hajj.”

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