2023: CAN Reject Predicted Muslim/Muslim Tickets, Wans Atiku, Tinubu
THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has repeated its warning to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to bury the thought of Christian/Christian or Muslim/Muslim tickets for the 2023 presidential election.
It described such an idea as a threat to the “fragile peace and unity” of the country.
CAN, in a statement by its national secretary, Mr Joseph Daramola, said a balance of practitioners of both religions should be considered in the choice of running mates of the presidential candidates. It also congratulated the presidential candidates of the APC, the PDP and the Labour Party (LP), Senator Bola Tinubu, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi, respectively, as well as other parties participating in the forthcoming election.
“The running mate of the APC presidential flag-bearer, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, should be a Christian from the North; Atiku’s running mate should be a Christian from the South while Obi should choose his own among the Muslims from the North.
“Anything contrary to the above means that the leadership of these political parties do not bother about the unity of this entity called Nigeria.
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“In the ongoing dispensation, CAN leadership cried in vain to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to break the monopoly or dominance of the security architecture with people of same faith.
“We are all seeing the outcome now. It is obvious that the Nigeria of today is different from that of 1993. Our politicians should stop flouting the constitution by respecting the North and South dichotomy and religious factor.
“To those arguing that people do not care about the religions of their leaders once they are competent and credible, we dare the APC to pick its presidential running mate from the South and PDP pick its own from the North and see what follows.
“Our politicians should be doing what will unite us instead of what will further polarise the country.”
We won’t accept Muslim/Muslim tickets, CAN warns Atiku, Tinubu
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