Muslims make up 65% population in South West – Tinubu campaign DG claims

Ilesanmi AdekanbiJuly 20, 2022

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The former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has claimed that the population of Muslims in South West is more than the population of Christians in the zone.

Adebayo who is also the Director General of Asiwaju Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation said about 65% population in South West are Muslims.

The former minister made this assertion in an interview on AIT, during the Focus Nigeria show, on Tuesday.

Shittu was justifying the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to pick a fellow Muslim, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate.

Tinubu, who is a southern Muslim, had incurred the wrath of the Christian Association of Nigerians, some party members and political stakeholders when he announced Shettima as his running mate.

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Justifying his principal’s choice, Shittu maintained that southwestern Nigerians were predominantly Muslims.

“In the South-West of Nigeria, the Muslims constitute an average of 65%,” of the population, the lawyer asserted.

When asked if his claim was based on fact or projection, he said, “I don’t tell lies. You can investigate. Do your research.”

He added, “It is on the basis of religion that people are making noise about the so-called Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“In Ekiti, it is a Christian-Christian ticket. In Ondo, it is a Christian-Christian ticket. In Edo, where the Northern part of the state is largely Muslim, it is a Christian-Christian ticket. Nobody is making noise about this.”