{"id":66776,"date":"2022-06-15T12:46:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T11:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-apc-inches-toward-muslim-muslim-presidential-ticket-despite-outrage"},"modified":"2022-06-15T14:20:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:20:54","slug":"2023-apc-inches-toward-muslim-muslim-presidential-ticket-despite-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2023-apc-inches-toward-muslim-muslim-presidential-ticket-despite-outrage","title":{"rendered":"2023: APC inches toward Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket despite outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Except for a last-minute change, the All Progressives Congress (APC) may field a Muslim-Muslim 2023 presidential ticket.<\/p>\n

Former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu emerged as the flagbearer last Wednesday at the primary in Abuja.<\/p>\n

Though the APC leader is a Muslim from the South-West, there are pressures from the North for the emergence of a Muslim as his running mate.<\/p>\n

Top party chieftains including Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu are speaking in favour of the same religion ticket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know the church I go to. There is nothing wrong with a Muslim-Muslim ticket, just as there is nothing wrong with a Christian-Christian ticket.<\/p>\n

\u201cTinubu is a minority Muslim from the south. If you pick a Christian from the north, it will be a minority Christian, and you cannot play two minorities\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

The position of Kalu and others is despite the strong warning by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the apex Christianity body.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) said the polarised nature of Nigeria does not permit what the APC is scheming to achieve.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven in the despotic military era, most juntas ensured a balance of the religious architecture in their regimes\u201d, said the scribe, Fr. Zacharia Nyantiso Samjumi.<\/p>\n

Vocal public commentators like Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa have also declared their opposition.<\/p>\n

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) asked if the promoters were trying to prove the superiority of faith, enforce international conspiracy or start a new form of Jihad.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST was informed that most of the Northern Muslims being considered for the position are governors.<\/p>\n

It was earlier gathered that the Christians in the APC were not favorably disposed to Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai as vice-presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the postion will go to a Muslim, it would be an indivdual majority of Christians are comfortable with\u201d, a source said.<\/p>\n

Critics have warned that the APC may jeopardize its electoral chances at the general elections with a Muslim-Muslim ticket.<\/p>\n

President Muhammadu Buhari and National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu are Muslims from the North.<\/p>\n

The leading opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to select a Christian from the South as running mate to standard-bearer, Atiku Abubakar.<\/p>\n

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