Many social media platforms have been flooded with reactions to Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir’s comments on the same-faith presidential ticket of the All Progressives (APC) for 2027. The prominent cleric spoke during the state-sponsored mass wedding for 1,500 couples in Kano State, where he called on Muslims to rise and ensure the continuation of a Muslim-Muslim presidency to assert the numerical strength of Muslims in the country. Jingir’s declaration, shared in a video clip, has sparked a torrent of reactions from various quarters, with some calling on the security forces to arrest the cleric as his statement could threaten the peace of the country.
With former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and Founder of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola, Sheikh Jingir formed the tripod upon which the same-faith ticket found public support. Having experimented with it in Kaduna between 2019 and 2023, the demolition master, who claimed he feared no one, is now drinking from the mischievousness of being the chief advocate of the ticket popularly called MM. For now, the audacious purveyor of the same-faith ticket is battling to fulfil his bail conditions, which some have described as harsh. Indeed, what comes around goes around. Like Shakespeare’s King Lear, the man who thought he was above repercussions now lives within a secluded space to ruminate over his past actions, awaiting his day in court.
Marriage And Wedding
I find it laughable whenever this issue of state-sponsored weddings is mentioned. Marriage is a responsibility, and not the end of the wedding but the beginning of a marriage. In the 1970s, I had an uncle in the village whose son was called Kangfara. My uncle’s son was both the family and village troublemaker, as he showed no prospects of turning a new leaf. One early morning, Kangfara knocked on his father’s door for a discussion. After looking at his son’s face, which wore a sober expression, the old man asked why he wanted to see him.
“Baba, I want to marry. All my mates are married. I am the only one without a wife,” Kangfara gently declared in a gentle voice as he bowed his head.
“God, I thank you for giving me Kangfara. I never thought he would be useful to me. Now that he wants to marry, he has shown me he is ready to be a responsible man,” he responded in prayer.
The son’s face brightened as he listened to his father and smiled at what he considered a compliment.
“Have you found the lady?”
“Yes, Baba,” the young man replied.
“Then, what have you prepared for the wedding?”
The son looked confused, as he already had a room and a bed.
“Baba, I have a room of my own with a good bed.”
His father said, “Please go and build a barn and stock it.”
“With what, Baba?
“Of course, with sand. I don’t know if humans will start eating sand in the future. Let me tell you that if sand is to become food in the future, you may never see it as common as it is now, once you get married. Marriage is beyond four legs on a bed; the responsibility is far more than the conjugal bliss,” my uncle told his son.
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