When I speak, I am not ill-informed, I speak the truth, they are not unjustified: it’s the basic fact.
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It spoke in a statement by its National Coordinator and Public Relations Officer, Adeleke Emmanuel and Ogumah Segun.
They made this demand in continuation of the opposition to the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress.
The National Chairman of the APC made his position known in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Thursday.
The APC chose Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential candidate and running mate for the polls.
He spoke on a television programme on Thursday in his further position on the decision of the APC for the 2023 polls.
Lalong, who is also the Governor of Plateau and an ardent Catholic, said Pope endorsed his appointment and had not told him that accepting to lead the Muslim-Muslim APC presidential ticket was against the tenets of Christianity.
Not a few have expressed concerns about national outlook on all presidential tickets. Also, not a few worry that the debate was becoming corrosive, and of course, with this kind of spitting of bilious views into the political wind, there was bound to be lots of nerves in the air.
The call was made Friday during the APC Northern Christian Leaders Summit, with a declaration that the insinuation that Northern Muslims would not support a Christian running was untrue and divisive.
The call is contained in a press release signed Friday by President Muhammadu Buhari Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
An informed source in the Presidency disclosed yesterday that the VP, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has expressed a serious objection to the adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
The Eagle Online recalls that the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a Muslim, unveiled his running mate on Sunday
This is ironic, for Nigeria is clearly one of the most religious countries in the world, with every street, every corner boasting of either a church, a mosque, a shrine or a temple.