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No Going Back On Opposition To Muslim-Muslim Ticket — Forum of Northern Christians

By Dapo Akinrefon & Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA

Opposition against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, grew as the Forum of Northern Christians reiterated its position on the same-faith ticket, saying it would not back down.

The forum is headed by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara.

But a top APC leader tackled Dogara, describing him as a fifth columnist.

Bola Tinubu, a Muslim emerged as the presidential candidate of the APC for the 2023 elections, while former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, emerged as his running mate.

Muslim-Muslim ticket is deceit, we need experienced leader — Gumi

This came on a day Governor of Delta State and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, took a swipe at Bola Tinubu, over the controversy that has trailed the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.

Our position on same-faith ticket stands Dogara, however, said it will meet with all the presidential candidates, across party lines and come up with its preferred choice.

Dogara met behind closed doors with Christian leaders from the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in Abuja in continuation of their consultations ahead of the 2023 general elections.

It was gathered that aside the former speaker, others in attendance include former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Babachir Lawal; an APC Senator from Adamawa State, Elisha Abbo; former Kogi State Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba and all state chairmen of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, from the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Confirming the meeting in a tweet posted on his verified Twitter account, yesterday, Dogara wrote: “#NigeriaDecides2023: The fight for justice continues. Today (yesterday), we held a consultative meeting with Christian leaders from the 19 Northern States and the FCT on the pan-Nigerian platform to adopt in 2023.”

The forum had recently convened a summit of Northern Christian Leaders in Abuja where they rejected the adoption of a Muslim-Muslim Presidential and Vice Presidential ticket by the ruling APC.

No going back on opposition to Muslim-Muslim ticket—CAN chairman

“We are saying it’s no going back on our stance against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC.”

Asked which political party the Northern Christian leaders have decided to throw their weight behind, Hayab said: “We will meet with leading Christian politicians across party lines to consult with them before deciding on our next line of action.

“We will also wait for signals from the (CAN) national body. They will also point us on the way to go, but the Muslim-Muslim ticket is out of the equation.

“What we had expected from the APC was for them to call the Church together and explain themselves rather than hiring impostors to impersonate genuine Christian leaders.”

Dogara, Lawal are fifth columnists — Party source

The source, who is familiar with the workings of the APC, said: “Dogara is a spent force. He was looking for the VP slot, as far as we are concerned, Dogara and Babachir Lawal just want to be noticed. Based on my understanding of how politics is played in the north, the likes of Dogara and Lawal are paperweight politicians as far as northern politics is concerned and also within the Christian community.

“During the last elections, what did they bring to the table from their various local governments? How many people can Babachir Lawal convince to vote for him in Adamawa State? How many people can Dogara convince to vote for others in Bauchi? Dogara is a minority in his state but in spite of that, Muslims supported him to become Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“They are fifth columnists as far as we are concerned. I see it as an attempt to demystify the myth around religious politics in Nigeria because an average Nigerian is not bothered about where you come from as long as you give him the basic needs. Look at the Vice President, how has his Vice Presidency benefitted any Christian in Nigeria?

The thing is staring them in the face that Bola Tinubu will win in 2023 and that is why they are looking for a way to thwart his victory.

I don’t believe in playing politics with religion, Okowa slams Tinubu, Obi

Meanwhile, Governor Okowa tackled Tinubu and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, over their recent utterances, saying he does not believe in playing politics with religion..

He said this during the Northern Christian Youth Assembly Summit in Abuja.

The governor also condemned the idea of cyber-bullying by supporters of other presidential candidates, which he said won’t stop him from speaking the truth about the situation in the country.

His words: “I do not believe in the Muslim-Muslim ticket. The reason is that there is a diversity when it comes to that. Therefore, sticking to one faith is not a good thing to do particularly in a troubled nation as we are in today. It’s almost like going on to having the presidential candidate pick his vice presidential candidate from the north and picking the Vice Presidential candidate also from the North.

“So, the only ticket that can work for our Nigeria is the ticket that is not trying to build itself to election victory to either the Muslim or Christian faith. “PDP will win the election because many people have keyed into this project. We are receiving decampees in droves.

“When we talk about the future is for the youths, yes it is from today but the truth is that our youths, particularly youths leaders, must be in a position to have a clear understanding so that they can guide others aright.”

Alleged cyber-bullying

On alleged cyber-bullying by supporters of other political parties, Okowa said: “I did not speak up my mind to look down on anybody. But the truth is that Nigeria is so divided. Nigeria is insecure. We are going to see bullying in cyberspace in our country. I think that everybody should have the space and time to be able to think and make comments without being bullied. We need to do critical thinking and that is why we are gathered here today.”

Lamenting the myriad challenges rocking the nation as Nigerians prepare to elect a new set of leaders in 2023, the Delta governor said: “The situation in this country is very bad. Sometimes we do not understand how bad it is. But I know that it is not irredeemable.

“The former Vice-President (Atiku) and I working with the party and working with Nigerians, believe that we can begin the rebuilding process but first we have to be able to rescue the nation by winning the elections.

“The economy is so bad, that the education and the health system are so bad. We are crying for devolution of power, and in all these challenges, you don’t bring somebody who wants to learn on the job. Because if you do, so you drop him on the seat, and he gets overwhelmed by the challenges on the ground. We don’t want to return to 2015.”

Why Atiku picked Okowa as running mate over Wike, others — Ayu

Also speaking, the National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, explained that the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, picked Governor Okowa as his running mate above his Rivers counterpart, Nyesom Wike, and other nominees presented to him because of his (Okowa’s) humility and excellent performance in office.

Ayu said: “We looked around and we thought we have to give not just a vice president that will assist him (Atiku) but we did our homework to select a man, who is highly educated, very humble, and who has done very well as a governor in his home state.

“Okowa is the most qualified running mate. It is on his merit that he was selected by the party as the vice presidential candidate for Atiku Abubakar. I think Nigeria will be very lucky to have two such people who are committed to the development, who are detribalized and who believe in uniting this country.”

The PDP chairman, however, urged Nigerians to be wary of the APC, saying the ruling party performed poorly because they lacked a clear blueprint to turn around the fortunes of the country.

He said: “Even if APC were to come back tomorrow and give you a Muslim-Christian ticket, your fate will be worse because they have no programme.

“We have a president who is a Muslim, a vice president, who is a Christian, but they are not sensitive to the needs of the vast majority of the population.

“We have about 28 ministers in the Northern part of the country. I think only two Christians, the rest 26 Muslims, or that. Is that not insensitive? The vice president, per se, cannot do everything.

“Today, we are borrowing to pay salaries because of the mismanagement that has befallen this country. We have never had a situation where the security situation was so bad. I believe we can salvage this country. This country is drifting very dangerously. We can’t allow it to disintegrate.”

Urging Christian youths to take active part in the political activities leading to the 2023 elections, Ayu said: “What you are doing is a service to humanity. If you give them (Atiku and Okowa) your support and you mobilise the rest of the Nigerians to support, I believe we can salvage this country and make a difference.

“As a Christian, I want to say that we believe a lot in prayer, but over the years, we also know that, if you pray and you don’t work, I don’t think God will just come down and make things happen. You need to act. And so why do we pray? We try as much as possible to act in a way that God will help us.”

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Hmm...

I don't think their agenda is really Muslim-Muslim.
APC is too nasty and seems they have a plan for the first Muslim.

And I hate to think what it might be.
May God protect Tinubu.

Anyways we need to balance things and carry everyone along. That's what a Nation is.

We Yoruba Christians will vote Peter Obi since Tinubu is on Muslim-Muslim ticket, when MURIC told Yoruba Muslims not to vote Yoruba Christians Tinubu supported MURIC on that, so we Yoruba Christians are not fools to vote muslim-terrorist ticket. We won't vote you to Islamise us.

That ticket will never sell, it has the potential of throwing the country into a war.

We are voting for a younger team, a more competent team, a more credible team, a corrupt free team,

The Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed team.

Vote for Labour party

E never reash time to loud the mic

Thank God Nigerians have already agreed to vote for Peter Obi and Datti. We say no to Muslim Muslim ticket.

Tinubu is not smart at all, he has exposed his weakness to the Northerners just for the sake of "it is my turn "

He has sold the Southerners cheaply to the Northerners by wasting their chances at returning the President seat to the south

We've had Pastors, evangelist, prophet and prophetess supporting Tinubu shetima already..

They can get the support of all, we understand.

The rest can waste their votes on Pandora criminal

These tribal and hateful mods from the west coast will never move this topic to front page because it has to do with their quarter to quench demi god's presidential ambition.

The Northern Christians voice must be heard in this country and the ballot is the right place to express it or else they fizzle out forever. Vote against same religion presidential ticket. Also...


Vote wisely!

TheNiceGuy:
We've had Pastors, evangelist, prophet and prophetess supporting Tinubu shetima already..

They can get the support of all, we understand.

The rest can waste their votes on Pandora criminal

We the Yoruba Muslims are not voting for Tinubu. He is senile and sick. We don't want to miss the chance of presidency returning to the south because of tribalism. We are voting for Peter Obi a fellow southerner.

Thank God Tinubu was smart enough to dump this Dogara snitch

Someone that lost his constituency

Corridon:
Thank God Nigerians have already agreed to vote for Peter Obi and Datti. We say no to Muslim Muslim ticket.

Thank God Nigerians are woke now, we cannot go back to suffering again.

Corridon:
We the Yoruba Muslims are not voting for Tinubu. He is senile and sick.

His doctors have warned him to stay indoors. That's why he has been campaigning from his bed.

TheNiceGuy:
We've had Pastors, evangelist, prophet and prophetess supporting Tinubu shetima already..

They can get the support of all, we understand.

The rest can waste their votes on Pandora criminal

Fake pastors, bishops and evangelists. Everything about that party is fake.

Tinubu should be arrested and thrown into Kuje Prison

He is an idiot for drug related offences.

Go read up at gist lovers blog

PresidObi:
His doctors have warned him to stay indoors. That's why he has been campaigning from his bed.

We in the south West here will challenge him for a live TV debate when the time comes.

Tinubu u don hear ?

TheNiceGuy:
We've had Pastors, evangelist, prophet and prophetess supporting Tinubu shetima already..

They can get the support of all, we understand.

The rest can waste their votes on Pandora criminal

. Fake or original Bishops? Religion apart, no honest person will surpport Muslim-Muslim ticket. I am a yoruba christian and I can never support christian-christian ticket. It is injustice and shameful.

“ Meanwhile, Governor Okowa tackled Tinubu and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, over their recent utterances, saying he does not believe in playing politics with religion”.

But Okowa believes in shortchanging others, who have agreements with him. He believes in stabbing others at the back.

All the southern governors gathered in Asaba to agree on zoning the presidency to the south. They did not know that Okowa was hobnobbing secretly with Atiku for the vice presidency.

Okowa has no justification to talk on Muslim/Muslim ticket because he does not understand morality.

Nonsense and ingredients.

Dream on my dear Ipob brother

Corridon:
We the Yoruba Muslims are not voting for Tinubu. He is senile and sick. We don't want to miss the chance of presidency returning to the south because of tribalism. We are voting for Peter Obi a fellow southerner.

TheNiceGuy:
We've had Pastors, evangelist, prophet and prophetess supporting Tinubu shetima already..

They can get the support of all, we understand.

The rest can waste their votes on Pandora criminal

Hahahaha ....no go commit suicide oo...see pains

That has always been your stance, they're always fake as long as they support Tinubu/Shetima.

Even crowd present at their rally are always induced.

Typical OBIdient

PresidObi:
Fake pastors, bishops and evangelists. Everything about that party is fake.

Meanwhile; It didn't bother you that of all the Northern Christians in the APC party, none is capable enough to be a Vice Presidential candidate? Then it simply means the APC is a Muslim Party.

Muslim muslim ticket is beyond politics, it is a litmus test for the survival of christianity at the highest level of power in Nigeria.Aside the Muslim-muslim ticket, who, in their right senses, would still vote for APC after witnessing their calamitous govt? Virtually all sectors in the country have collapsed.


: 2023: Most Nigerians Prefer Mixed-Faith Presidential Ticket
https://businessday.ng/amp/politics/article/most-nigerians-prefer-mixed-faith-presidential-ticket-new-poll/

In a country with a multiplicity of languages and three core religious beliefs system, the focus should be on uniting our diversity because that is where our strength lies in being a united nation. A policy, party leaders selection, and Presidential and vice candidate selection without paving way for a formidable unity will further plunge the already shaky unity into more crises.
A Muslim Muslim ticket like Gumi said is purely 'wayo'(deceit) and hinged on personal interest. Nigerians are wiser now and the fight is to strengthen our unity and create policies for the betterment of the people.

No candidate stands more prepared and competent than Peter Obi. Only his personality has started the movement for national unity. We must keep that vehicle moving and come 2023, we will be totally rejecting a Muslim Muslim ticket.

TheNiceGuy:
Dream on my dear Ipob brother

Anyone who doesn't support Tinubu is IPOB to you guys. Just imagine the gibberish.

You're smelling akpu and you have yam leg.

Do you know gandollarrr

floret23:
. Fake or original Bishops? Religion apart, no honest person will surpport Muslim-Muslim ticket. I am a yoruba christian and I can never support christian-christian ticket. It is injustice and shameful.

TheNiceGuy:
That has always been your stance, they're always fake as long as they support Tinubu/Shetima.

Even crowd present at their rally are always induced.

Typical OBIdient

A corrupt person cannot do anything right, he always wants to buy everyone and everything because if ill gotten wealth. Can you in all honesty campaign for a corrupt man if he's not paying you from his loot? Will you allow him cheat you like that?

God hand dey inside this Muslim Muslim ticket you guys should be still and watch

An obidiott will NEVER believe we're supporting person with track record, who has done it before with Even our own money.

We understand

PresidObi:
A corrupt person cannot do anything right, he always wants to buy everyone and everything because if ill gotten wealth. Can you in all honesty campaign for a corrupt man if he's not paying you from his loot? Will you allow him cheat you like that?

Only terrorists, bigots and fundamentalists will surpport Muslim-Muslim ticket in a country like Nigeria. No honest person will endorse the satanic combo.

Shame on Tinubu and his rented surpporters.

Corridon:
We in the south West here will challenge him for a live TV debate when the time comes.

Tinubu is following Buhari footsteps, he will never debate anyone, he will damn the consequences and hope to pay for votes and buying of all "structures"

We will resist corruption getting into government this time around.

We game Chief Wailer. Meanwhile that's a parody Twitter account

Racoon:
Meanwhile; It didn't bother you that of all the Northern Christians in the APC party, none is capable enough to be a Vice Presidential candidate? Then it simply means the APC is a Muslim Party.

Muslim muslim ticket is beyond politics, it is a litmus test for the survival of christianity at the highest level of power in Nigeria.Aside the Muslim-muslim ticket, who, in their right senses, would still vote for APC after witnessing their calamitous govt? Virtually all sectors in the country have collapsed.


: 2023: Most Nigerians Prefer Mixed-Faith Presidential Ticket
https://businessday.ng/amp/politics/article/most-nigerians-prefer-mixed-faith-presidential-ticket-new-poll/