Akintola to Fayose: Who are you deceiving? You can’t ‘con’ Muslims to vote for your party

For dressing in Islamic regalia to the Ado-Ekiti Prayer Ground, popular cleric, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, has attacked Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.
Last Friday during the Eid-el-Kabir festival, Fayose joined Muslim faithful at the ground to pray, dressed like an Islamic cleric.
Akintola, the President of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), said all Muslims must condemn Fayose for the action.
He said Fayose had, hitherto, derided Muslims with his statements and that his appearance in Islamic outfit with turban was a desecration of Muslim holy ground.
The MURIC president noted that the Ekiti governor had demolished several mosques in the state and suggested that persons running for government office should be subjected to psychiatric tests.
He said: “He has delivered several anti-Muslim speeches and uttered several hate pronouncements targetted at Nigerian Muslims. His general attitude and body language to Muslims of Ekiti belie his status as the governor.
“He has also demolished mosques out of sheer desire to eliminate all Islamic landmarks from Ekiti. So, who is Fayose deceiving?
“The fact that he offered advice concerning who Muslims should vote for in the coming Ekiti 2018 election in his speech at the Id ground reveals Fayose’s real motive. But that is his undoing.
“Delivering a political speech in a serene atmosphere and on a sacred ground is sacrilegious. Fayose has also politicised religion. Who are Fayose’s advisers for Allah’s sake? Or is it that he does not listen to them? It is most likely that he doesn’t listen to anyone.
“Like every bully, Fayose acts on instinct. He tries to think later though. Fayose has abused the turban and arrogantly violated Islamic wardrobe etiquette. It is an insult for him to have so boldly dressed himself up like an Imam on Id ground. “Only a titled Muslim leader or an Islamic scholar can dress like that. Fayose has failed to respect a major Islamic decorum. Can any political leader put on a pastor’s cassock and clerical collar without causing uproar?
“Fayose has shown that he has no respect for Muslims or their religion. He derides Ekiti Muslims, yet he tries to con them to vote for his party.
“This attempt to ridicule Islam reminds us of the words of Prophet Nuh (peace be upon him) to those who mocked him. “If you mock us now, we will soon ridicule you and very soon, you will know on whom shame and punishment will descend” (Qur’an 11: 38-39).
“Traditionally, non-Muslim governors and kings (Obas and Obis) are visited by Muslims on their way from the Id ground. Only those who are Muslims among the governors and kings appear at the Id ground. Fayose’s appearance at the Ekiti Id ground has violated all known norms. He has desecrated our holy grounds.
“On a final and very serious note, we suggest that in view of our experience in the Third Republic, it has become necessary, from now onward, for the electorate to demand certificate of psychiatric examination from candidates seeking political offices.”