The All Progressives Congress has berated the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State for their criticisms against Sukuk, the Islamic bond raised by the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
The Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy of the APC in Osun State, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, in a statement in Osogbo on Thursday said that Aregbesola had been vindicated with the £323m Sukuk raised by Britain which is not an Islamic state.
He said that both CAN and the PDP were mischievous for arguing that Aregbesola wanted to Islamise Osun State when he raised the bond.
The APC spokesperson said that with the Sukuk bond, Britain had now become the first non-Muslim Western country to access the Sukuk, adding that it was planning to make the country a leading Islamic finance hub in the Western hemisphere.
The statement read, "Mischievous Peoples Democratic Party politicians and their Christian Association of Nigeria surrogates in Osun State should hear this: Great Britain has raised a £323m Sukuk – the Islamic bond, which Gov. Rauf Aregbesola also raised for the State of Osun, but which, according to PDP and CAN in the state, is the governor's tactics to allegedly Islamise Osun."
