{"id":194556,"date":"2026-02-12T12:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwankwasos-fundamentalist-label-aims-to-undermine-him"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:31:49","slug":"kwankwasos-fundamentalist-label-aims-to-undermine-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwankwasos-fundamentalist-label-aims-to-undermine-him","title":{"rendered":"Kwankwaso&#8217;s Fundamentalist Label Aims to Undermine Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Political analyst Mahdi Shehu has claimed that the labeling of former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as an Islamic fundamentalist is part of a deliberate political strategy aimed at diminishing his influence and weakening opposition groups.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu made the remarks in a post on his verified account on X on Thursday, drawing attention to what he described as local and foreign sponsored profiling of opposition leaders, including Kwankwaso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruth be told, Kwankwaso is being declared an Islamic fundamentalist fully aware he does not have that record, not by mistake but as part of a broader design to diminish whatever political relevance he possesses and weaken the strength of the opposition groups,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted a pattern of timing that, in his view, links political events to these labels.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu noted, for example, that two weeks after various political moves such as consultations abroad, decamping of the Kano State Governor, and discussions about running mate positions, Kwankwaso was branded an Islamic fundamentalist.<\/p>\n<p>He described this as part of a sequence of political maneuvers likened to arithmetic, geometry, algebra, trigonometry and pre-calculus of 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf declaring Kwankwaso an \u2018Islamic fundamentalist\u2019 is based on his signing of the Sharia Criminal Code Law in Kano during his tenure as Governor, then it follows that all Northern state governors who signed Sharia laws during and after Obasanjo\u2019s regime would also be Islamic fundamentalists. This includes the governors of Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Kaduna, Bauchi, Jigawa, Gombe, Borno, and Yobe,\u201d Mahdi Shehu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo weeks after Pastor Remi Tinubu attended the Americas Annual Prayer Breakfast where she allegedly called for more bombs on Northern Nigeria and held some consultations, American lawmakers declared Kwankwaso an \u2018Islamic fundamentalist.\u2019 This is not a coincidence; Kwankwaso is part of a political equation. It is arithmetic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo weeks after the Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang Mennasse, attended the same prayer breakfast, Kwankwaso was designated an \u2018Islamic fundamentalist.\u2019 This is not a coincidence but mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo weeks after the decamping of Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf from NNPP to APC, Kwankwaso was branded an \u2018Islamic fundamentalist.\u2019 This is not a coincidence but geometry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo weeks after Kwankwaso suggested he was willing to be Obi\u2019s running mate, he was marooned and painted as an \u2018Islamic fundamentalist.\u2019 It is not a coincidence but algebra. Two weeks after Kwankwaso was visited by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and former Defence Minister Badaru, he was assigned the \u2018Islamic fundamentalist logo.\u2019 This is not a coincidence but trigonometry and pre-calculus of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruth be told, Kwankwaso is being declared an \u2018Islamic fundamentalist\u2019 fully aware he does not have that record not by mistake but as part of a broader design to diminish whatever political relevance he possesses and weaken the strength of opposition groups,\u201d Shehu stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu further suggested that similar profiling could extend to other opposition figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext will be to declare Atiku Abubakar, Nasiru El-Rufai, Tambuwal, Senator Abdul Ningi, etc., as \u2018terrorist sponsors.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the witches\u2019 may even declare Rotimi Ameachi, Babachir Lawal, David Mark, Solomon Dunlong, Dele Momodu, John Odigie Oyegun, Ralph Nwosu, Leke Abejide, and others as \u2018Christian fundamentalist terror sponsors\u2019 and anti-Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these local and foreign sponsored profiling of particularly opposition leaders is nothing but POLITICAL DESPERATION taken to Jupiter level and which will come down and be humbled by God himself. it is just a matter of time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized what he described as a growing narrative in certain US political circles and among Nigeria\u2019s commercial religious groups, aimed at blaming Islam and Muslims for the death of every human, animal and insect soul on earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll animals that foolishly accept the lion\u2019s invitation for dinner will end up in the lion\u2019s belly as appetizers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shehu concluded his post with a biblical reference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Political analyst Mahdi Shehu has claimed that the labeling of former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as an Islamic fundamentalist is part of a deliberate political strategy aimed at diminishing his influence and weakening opposition groups. 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