Whether we accept it or not, religion has been a strong factor in Nigeria's politics. Since returning to democratic rule in 1999, there has been an attempt at rotating power between the two major religions in the country- Islam and Christianity.
There appears to be a slap on the faces of christians this time around when the two major political parties, PDP and APC adopted Muslims as their candidates. To add salt to the wound, the ruling APC opted for Muslim/Muslim ticket.
The only glimmer of hope the christians have is the emergence of Peter Obi as Labour party presidential candidate. But the overlying political structure gives Obi a very slim chance to win.

HOW OBI CAN WIN
One obvious way obi can win is to fully mobilise the christian voters to vote for him. As it stands, it's 3 Muslim presidential candidates to just Obi the major christian candidate. If the christians were to unite behind obi, it would be an easy win for him as the other 3 Muslim candidates will have to share the Islamic votes among them.
THE HURDLES
One major hurdle is due to the politics of ethnicity. A Yoruba christian might likely vote for a Yoruba Muslim candidate because they are from the same tribe.
Also the teaching of Christianity does not promote disunity and hatred for non adherents unlike the Islamic teachings which promotes suspicion and hatred for non Muslims. Consequently, christians vote not on the basis of religion. But this needs to be reexamined because if we fail to do the right thing, Christian will be out of presidency for 16 years. During which time, more Deborahs will be burnt to death in the guise of blasphemy. More Leah Sharibus will be kidnapped and married off illegally by their abductors. More herdsmen invasion of southerners farms will occur.
IN CONCLUSION
Nigeria has survived this long because there have been deliberate policies to carry every segment of the country along. I have to whip up religious sentiments here because it appears the christians have been too docile politically. At least, we can express our dissatisfaction through the instrumentality of the ballot.
Happy Sunday.

Excellent write up.
The christians need to wake up. Queue behind obi.
We must forget about party politics at the national level presidential election.
Shalom.

Any sane christian supposed to know that this is the fight between light and darkness. It's about survival and if u go and vote for APC the terrorist party, we are done for.

During the 2015 election, the imams where telling their followers not to vote Jonathan that he is a Christian and an unbeliever. I am even angry and surprised that APC and inec are talking about not campaigning in church. Moslems are decievers till they get what they want and they will suddenly change and start maiming and killing you. I am a northerners I know this .
I just dey pity those ignorant and foolish Christians saying that religion doesn't matter. To the moslems, their religion comes first before any other things. You saw the young man that killed his parents because of Islam and he is still boosting about it. Christians, be wife

AdamuKD:
Any sane christian supposed to know that this is the fight between light and darkness. It's about survival and if u go and vote for APC the terrorist party, we are done for.

During the 2015 election, the imams where telling their followers not to vote Jonathan that he is a Christian and an unbeliever. I am even angry and surprised that APC and inec are talking about not campaigning in church. Moslems are decievers till they get what they want and they will suddenly change and start maiming and killing you. I am a northerners I know this .
I just dey pity those ignorant and foolish Christians saying that religion doesn't matter. To the moslems, their religion comes first before any other things. You saw the young man that killed his parents because of Islam and he is still boosting about it. Christians, be wife

Thank you brother.
We christians always like to shy away from this truth because we believe we might be able to win them over when we give them support or associate with them since Christianity teaches tolerance. We shy away from the fact that the christians are in the majority and most enlightened. We preach compassion. Give the right cheek to the person who slaps you on the left. But how have they responded? They not only slap you on the right cheek but also cut off your head.
Consequently we must keep on preaching this new gospel based on the current reality as it is obviously becoming too much. Nigeria belongs to all of us. A single group or individual must not continue to act as if they are the master Lords over the others. Once again thank you for your comment.

I like the comments I’m seeing here. Christians are now waking up.

Yeye, as if Tinubu's wife is not a Christian - will she also vote for Peter Obi? Only an irredeemable bigot will vote for a non-performer just because of religion.