The All Progressives Congress, APC, gubernatorial candidate in Oyo state, Oloye Adebayo Adelabu has clarified his religious affiliation and dispelled insinuation across the state.
He made this know during the 2018 Maulid Nabiyy (celebration of the birth of Holy Prophet Muhammad, SAW), held at the Remembrance Arcade, Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, on Tuesday.
When the Guest Lecturer, Sheikh Muideen Bello, called him (Adelabu) out to clarify his religious affiliation, the governorship candidate informed the gatherings that he is born a Muslim and has not converted to another religion till date.
“I was born a Muslim and have remained a Muslim all my life,” Adelabu said.
In the middle of his sermon, Bello said, “A Christian President (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo) spent eight years in office. Now that it is the turn of Buhari, a Muslim, we should support him for a second term for him to also spend eight years.
“No matter the campaign of calumny against him from the camp of the opposition, the president is trying his best and he deserves another term. Adelabu has confirmed to us that he is a Muslim and this should end the speculation about where he belongs. Let us support him too.”
Sheikh Bello used the occasion to drum support for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he said deserved to complete eight years in office like his predecessor.
He also called on the people of Oyo State to support the governorship candidate of the APC in the state in order for him to sustain what he called the good works of Ajimobi.
He however, advised the candidate to constantly seek advice from Ajimobi, whose almost eight years experience as a governor, he said, would be an asset to him as his successor.
