Connect with us

News

CAN, Adegoruwa fault APC on Muslim-Muslim ticket

Published

on

Expose killer herdsmen in your midst to protect Buhari's image, CAN President charges Miyetti Allah

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Sunday condemned the All Progressives Congress (APC) decision to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket next year.

The APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, had earlier on Sunday announced the former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina.

In a statement issued by the Special Assistant, Media, and Communications, to the CAN President, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, CAN said the situation in the country now was not suitable for a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

He said it was left for Nigerians to accept or reject the Muslim/Muslim candidature of the APC.

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.”

READ ALSO: ‘Spirit of 1993 is upon us,’ Tinubu defends choice of Muslim running mate

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.”

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now