{"id":175149,"date":"2025-08-20T08:55:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/alancha-urges-tinubu-and-apc-to-abandon-muslim-muslim-ticket"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:07:42","slug":"alancha-urges-tinubu-and-apc-to-abandon-muslim-muslim-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/alancha-urges-tinubu-and-apc-to-abandon-muslim-muslim-ticket","title":{"rendered":"Alancha Urges Tinubu and APC to Abandon Muslim-Muslim Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A public affairs analyst and president of the Northern Ethnic Nationality Forum (NENF), Dominic Alancha has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to dump the idea of fielding a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, Alancha said Nigeria cannot afford leadership that \u201cdeepens our divides\u201d at a time when hunger, insecurity, and sectarian violence are testing the country\u2019s cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that a move to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket could endanger national unity and weaken the party\u2019s electoral chances.<\/p>\n<p>Alancha argued that the ruling party must learn from the fallout of the 2023 elections, when President Tinubu\u2019s Muslim-Muslim ticket \u201cignited unprecedented religious tensions, alienated millions of Christians, and fueled fears of exclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver 80 percent of Northern Christians rejected the APC in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat rejection cost the party states like Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, and even the FCT. Many of our Christian allies within the APC defected, warning of catastrophic consequences for Nigeria\u2019s fragile unity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that President Bola, alongside his vice president, Kashim Shettima, ran on a Muslim-Muslim ticket and won the presidential election in 2023.<\/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. A public affairs analyst and president of the Northern Ethnic Nationality Forum (NENF), Dominic Alancha has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to dump the idea of fielding a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in the 2027 elections. 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