A renowned Islamic Preacher, Sheikh Muyideen Bello, has called on the Federal Government (FG) to urgently step up efforts toward addressing the security challenges in the country.
Bello made the call at the second Ishaq Abiola Ajimobi Memorial Ramadan Lecture held at the Ishaq Abiola Ajimobi Central Mosque Saturday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The Central Mosque was built and dedicated by the immediate past Governor of the state, late Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
Bello, in his lecture, blamed politicians in the country for the various crises being experienced in the country.
The cleric spoke glowingly about the achievements of the Ajimobi-led administration, particularly in the areas of security of lives and property.
He urged Governor Seyi Makinde to build on the late Ajimobi’s legacies, saying that inability to build on this accounted for the spate of crises being witnessed in the state.
Bello advised politicians, irrespective of their political affiliations, to respect the masses who gave them the mandate, urging them to be accountable to the public.
Earlier, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lateef Fagbemi, eulogized the virtues of the late Ajimobi, urging all to sustain his legacies.
Fagbemi urged wealthy Muslims in the state to ensure that the Mosque built and left behind by Ajimobi should be sustained.
“The former governor had concluded his mission on earth and we should all come together to ensure that the Mosque and other legacies he left behind were sustained,” he said.
In his remarks, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Chief Adebayo Adelabu, called for unity among members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the state.
Adelabu, also the APC Governorship candidate in the 2019 general election, said that the party would only reclaim the state from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a united family.
Other dignitaries at the event were: Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela; Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari (APC- Oyo North); Yusuf Alli (SAN); Alhaji Olayide Abas and Alhaji AbdurRahman Balogun.
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