Ahead of 2023 general and presidential elections, Northern Christians have rejected in totality the Muslim-Muslim icket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that has produced Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the Presidential candidate and Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate, describing the pairing as an agenda to marginalise Northern Christians.
Speaking as the Chairman of the event, which had Christians drawn from the 19 Northern states, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr Babachir Lawal, noted that the Muslim-Muslim ticket is an extension of the exclusion of Christians from the scheme of things in the country, stressing that the measure would disrupt the peace and social development of the country. He alleged that the Muslim-Muslim ticket remains part of the subterranean plot to Islamise the country.
Babachir, who gave a detailed reference of the marginalisation of Cihristans in the APC NWC, Federal Executive Council (FEC), State and Federal owned institutions of learning in the country, charged Christians not only in the North but the entire country not to be deceived the APC leadership on the Muslim-Muslim ticket since matters of religion cannot be divorced from the politics of the country.
He said: “We are not the ones that started this fight. APC started it. They should be ready to carry this cross. We are open to discussion with whoever discusses with Christian community in good faith.”