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CAN, Adegoruwa faults APC on Muslim-Muslim ticket

by Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr

The decision by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to run a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the upcoming election was denounced on Sunday by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

Following a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina, the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, had earlier on Sunday confirmed the former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate.
A Muslim-Muslim ticket would not be appropriate given the current circumstances in the nation, according to CAN, which released a statement through Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the Special Assistant for Media and Communications to the CAN President.

 

He claimed that Nigerians have the option of accepting or rejecting the APC’s Muslim/Muslim candidate.

The statement read: “The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has stated it clearly that the situation in the country now is not suitable for a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“It is up to Nigerians to accept or reject. Today’s Nigeria is not the same as when Nigerians voted for the Abiola-Kingibe ticket which was eventually annulled. Our prayers are with Nigeria and Nigerians.”

Also, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Oluwa Adegoruwa, on Sunday described as a bad move, Tinubu’s decision to pick a Muslim running mate.

In a statement he personally signed in Lagos, the lawyer said the combination might worsen the country’s insecurity.

He said: “Nigerians, whether Muslims, Christians, traditionalists, should reject APC with their votes come 2023 because a Muslim-Muslim ticket in present-day Nigeria is fuel for Boko Haram, an incentive for ISWAP, and a call for terrorism to thrive more.

“Unless of course those parading the ticket are themselves complicit, there is no better way to insult our sensibilities. I pray it is not true.”

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