*Urges political parties, candidates to avoid violence
Ayo Ola
Former President of All Nigerian American Congress (ANAC), Chief Amina Temitope Ajayi, Aka Mama Diaspora, has canvassed support for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
She stated that Tinubu has the capacity to unite Nigeria.
She spoke after her installation/coronation as Iya Adini JAMSAN by Jamuhiyat Salat Niyass Society of Nigeria (JAMSAN) at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
She expressed gratitude over the installation, adding that it was the making of the Almighty Allah.
Ajayi said, “I am so happy. I am so blessed. This is not the making of a human being. It is from the divine, It is from Almighty Allah. It is from Almighty God. It shows that we are all one. It shows that religion should not separate us. I am advocating for national unity. Religion should unite us. We should pray together. A nation that prays together, stays together. That is why they said ‘the cry of the faithful availeth much.’ Faithful are those who worship God.
“Asiwaju is the right man and has the capacity to unite Nigeria. He is a finisher. Let him to it.”
Ameer JAMSAN, Sheik Tirimzy Adekunle Ibn Kareem Adeleke (Omo Papa Sheik), said Chief Ajayi was selected and installed based on merit and competence.
Chief Ajayi, who is also the National Coordinator, Women of Substance, advised political parties, their candidates and supporters to avoid a ‘do-or-die’ orientation towards the forthcoming general elections.
She stated that if the parties and their candidates really want to serve Nigerians, there was no reason for them to engage in violence, electoral fraud and any other unlawful act.
Warning against political violence before, during and after the elections, she urged the different political parties, their candidates and supporters, to eschew thuggery, violence and electoral fraud.
Chief Ajayi also of the Campaign Council of Asiwaju PPC Grassroot Engagement and Orientation, South West, in addition, called for religious harmony, adding that there was no need for people to engage in violence and killing of people in the guise of religion.
She also called on the youth not to allow themselves to be used as thugs by politicians.
Noting that women have played significant roles in national development and nation-building, she urged women to be united and work for more political relevance and positions.
According to her, if they are united and supported by men, one day, a woman will become the President of Nigeria.
She pleaded with women not to undermine their importance in nation-building but to work assiduously in the political process.
“I am against religious violence. I am a mother. It makes me cry. When people are killed. Why should they kill my people under the pretence of religion? Why? In America, nobody talks about religion. In China, nobody talks about religion. We need to change our orientation. Nigerians we are all one.
“Everybody has the right to their own political candidates. There is no do or die. But I know the Almighty God will grant us the next candidate. There is no democracy without opposition. In America, we have three parties, we have the Democrats, the Republicans and the Green Party. So there is no big deal in we having the Obidients, Aticualtes and Bartifieds, Kwaknwanso and Sowores.”
“Politics will not be interesting if there is no opposition. There is must be articulate, Obidient, Jagabans, Kwankwasos and Sowores. That is what makes it interesting. Politics is not a do-or-die. After the election, we are coming back to be one.”