Nigeria: Muslims Challenge Southwest Power Imbalance, Say 'No Muslim Candidate, No Vote'

Nigeria: Muslims Challenge Southwest Power Imbalance, Say 'No Muslim Candidate, No Vote'

The agitation by Muslims in the Southwest is not only right, it is long overdue. For too long, the political configuration of the region has deliberately sidelined Muslims, reducing them to mere spectators in a space where they are supposed to be equal stakeholders. Today, in all five states of the Southwest, not a single Muslim governor sits in office. This is not coincidence; it smacks of a calculated attempt to make Muslims politically irrele…