The Muslim community of Hausa extraction in Anambra, has given a good account of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 general election, Mr Peter Obi....CONTINUE READING
The occasion was Obi’s visit to members of the community in Onitsha on Sunday in celebration of eid al fitr…..CONTINUE READING
Speaking, the Chief Imam of Onitsha Central Mosque, Alhaji Abdulrahman Imam, paid compliment on the former governor attributing the rebuilding of their mosque to him while he held sway as the governor.
The cleric added that the Labour Party Presidential candidate reaped the benefits of his benevolence to them during the just concluded election.
“This mosque was rebuilt by you when it was demolished years back. You visited us in Army barracks when we had problems then. All the years you were governor, you always visited us during celebrations like this, so you are not new to us.
“For the eight years you were governor, you sponsored a lot of our members to Mecca. You did all these, even though you are a Christian. That is why we say we are with you, even as a Christian,” he said.
According to the secretary and spokesperson of the Hausa community in Onitsha, Mr Mahmud Imam in his ownremark, “We know what you are capable of, you did it here while you were governor.
“We (Hausa community) are the highest registered voters in Odoakpu ward four here, and we voted for you, and we have no regret about that.
“We saw you during campaigns, visiting interior parts of the north, places that presidential candidates that are of northern extraction feared to go to. We are happy that you represented very well, and you vindicated us, through the messages we always sent back to our people that you were the best for the position.”…..CONTINUE READING
