Northern Christians protest in Abuja over Muslim-Muslim ticket

Over 10,000 Nigerians from across the 19 northern states Friday converged on Abuja to protest the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The protesters under the aegis of All Christians Community of Northern Nigeria, marched to the Presidential Villa to submit a protest letter to […]

Over 10,000 Nigerians from across the 19 northern states Friday converged on Abuja to protest the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The protesters under the aegis of All Christians Community of Northern Nigeria, marched to the Presidential Villa to submit a protest letter to the Federal Government over the Muslim-Muslim agenda adopted by the APC.

Leader of the group, Moses Adams, said these are indeed not the best times for Christians in the APC and Nigeria in general.

He said, “Our sensibilities have been insulted by the ambition of a select few that have elected to throw caution in the wind.

“As you may be aware, Nigeria is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious state. The two major religions in the country are Islam and Christianity. And these have defined our way of life since the country attained independence in 1960.

“Successive governments in the country have respected the multi-religious nature of the country, especially during elections, to create a balance in the leadership of the country.

“We are therefore alarmed with the decision of the All Progressive Congress Party (APC) to disregard the Christian community in the choice of its vice presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential elections.

“Without mincing words, this is unacceptable and a recipe for creating sharp divides between the Muslims and the Christians in the country,” he said.

“Mr President, since the return of democracy in 1999 in Nigeria, the tradition has been a Muslim-Christian or Christian-Muslim paring by all political parties. And this has to a large extent, ensured religious harmony in the country.

“However, the move by our party to adopt a Muslim-Muslim ticket is most insensitive and the height of discrimination against Christians in our country. This is on the heels that other political parties indeed reflected the religious balance in the composition of their presidential team,” he added.

“We are using this medium to appeal to your good office to intervene in reversing this ignoble move by the party’s presidential candidate.

“We demand that you invite the presidential candidate of the party to quickly retrace his steps immediately,” he said.