Adamawa senator, Elisha Abbo, has withdrawn from the Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation over the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pick a Muslim as his running mate.

Mr Tinubu had on Sunday in Daura, Katsina State, announced Kashim Shettima, a Muslim and former Borno State governor, as his running mate.

In a statement later, he explained that he listened to arguments from both faiths, but that he settled for the former Borno governor based on competence.

Mr Abbo, in a statement on Monday, described the choice of Mr Shettima, as "irresponsible", noting that he cannot in good conscience campaign for the former Lagos State governor.

Mr Abbo said the APC presidential candidate discarded a report submitted to him on a possible Christian running mate.
The lawmaker, who is infamous for assaulting a woman in a toy shop, said Mr Tinubu prioritised political survival over stability and peace of the country.

"It is very irresponsible of Tinubu to take his political survival over the stability and peace of Nigeria.

"For Tinubu now to be given the ticket and turn around to do what he couldn't achieve in 2015 despite opposition from Catholics and other Christian leaders is extremely irresponsible.

"We sat down in Abuja and strategised, and we concluded that he should not take a Muslim as running mate. He (Tinubu) threw away the report," he said.
Mr Abbo added that as a member of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), he is of the opinion that a government of same faith is “illegitimate”.

"My conscience will not allow me to campaign for Tinubu. I am a member of CAN; I cannot deny CAN. I remain in APC. But I will take the survival of my country first over political considerations.

"We cannot work for such a man. I will oppose Christian-Christian ticket because I am invested in the stability of this country. A Christian Christian ticket will be insensitive to Muslims of this country. The country is evenly divided among Muslims and Christians. So any government that is Muslim-Muslim will be illegitimate and will never gain the respect of Christians."

That is the best for ASIWAJU

Party of terrorists and drug dealers

APC having divided and wreck this country wants to further divide it with a Muslim-Muslim ticket. I wonder which country they plan to rule after 2023. Buhari wrong choices of excluding some people made the country practically impossible to rule. APC is more interested in power than in salvaging the country. Stay Woke, Stay OBIdient

christians go kill this man Las Las

They won't wait till election time, Na repel he go dey do which he can never survive because APC incompetence have also finished Nigerians

Ask Nigeria army who employ repel as tactics against terrorists who is winning

How do you now sell propaganda when nobody sitdown to listen

Okay

Many Northerners in APC would dump APC in the coming days on two excuses

(1). The insensitivity of its ticket to unite the country at this time

(2). To End the marginalisation of North East

All Na to support North which also have Muslim interest protected