Islamic clerics in Mani and Bindawa local government areas of Katsina State have urged residents not to vote for Jamilu Abdu-Mani, the APC consensus candidate for the House of Representatives 2027 election in the Mani/Bindawa Federal Constituency, citing religious grounds.
The candidate, currently Special Adviser to the Governor on Girl Child Education and Child Development, emerged as the consensus pick at a meeting where the incumbent lawmaker and other aspirants lost out.
“We have heard rumour that a party has opted for a woman as its flagbearer in the next election… the Prophet said any society that appoints a woman as a leader is doomed,” one cleric reportedly said during a Jumu’at sermon. However, the State Hisbah Commander has countered that Islam permits women to hold leadership roles, provided such responsibilities align with moral and community values.