2023: After Meeting APC Chieftains, Northern Christian Leaders Reveal Final Position on Muslim-Muslim Ticket
- The chieftains of the ruling APC, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Babachir David Lawal have continued to make consultations regarding their position on the party's same faith ticket
- This is as Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Babachir David Lawal met with northern Christian leaders to express their displeasure on the party's choice of Kashim Shettima
- In the build-up to the 2023 elections, the leadership of the party is unbothered about this development rather they are more concerned about the campaign in the months ahead
PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed!
Two chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Yakubu Dogara and Babachir David Lawal, have continued to show their dissatisfaction with the party’s presidential Muslim-Muslim ticket, saying their fight for justice continues.
Dogara, who is the immediate-past Speaker of the House of Representatives, disclosed this after a meeting with Christian Leaders from the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, September 12.
Source: Facebook
Dogara speaks about the meeting with the religious leaders in the north
Leadership reports that a Muslim, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, emerged the presidential candidate of the governing APC for the 2023 elections while the party thereafter opted for another fellow Muslim and former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, as the running mate.'
PAY ATTENTION: Share your outstanding story with our editors! Please reach us through info@corp.legit.ng!
The position of the northern leaders revealed
Dogara, who took to his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday, said the meeting with the Christian leaders from the North and FCT was to decide on a pan-Nigerian platform to embrace in the 2023 elections.
He wrote:
“#NigeriaDecides2023- The Fight for Justice Continues. Today, 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.”
Nigerians react
Nigerians in their usual manner took to the official Facebook page of Legit.ng and reacted to the development.
Nwali Chika Desmond
"Dogara is a brother in Christ.
"He has become Yusufly Obidient."
Chijioke Ezugwu said
"Yes. Same faith ticket is the high point of APC's unfairness and injustice to Christian community in a multi-religious state like Nigeria."
Okita Nnâemeka wrote
"Is negligency and high handedness if not, for national unity Muslim Muslim wouldn't hv been an option..because they are just after power without having plan for the poor masses..no to APC and PDP."
Yuslat Olaleye queried
"Which injustice is more than another northerner taking over from Buhari?
Yahaya Abdulkareem stated
"Dogara have already lost the battle of becoming a VP to Tinubu so he thinks the only option left is to whip up religion sentiment.You will be politically retired in northern Nigeria come 2023."
Wonders Ekpin maintained
"Dogora is a political prost!tute
"We know you are on your way to PDP for the 5th times.
"Governor Bola Mohamed is waiting to silence you finally in Bauchi state."
Patricia Idele said
"America is same faith ticket,go and fight them first before APC Muslim Muslim ticket. People Nigeria is learning from and the country you use all the time as an example of good democracy is the same faith ticket and heaven did not fall. I beg shift."
Oladipo SA wrote
"The duo of Dogara and Babachir are mere charlatans that came to power via unmerited means and continue to think backdoors can make them near same again. You will be retired permanently come 2023..."
Tinubu or Atiku? Sheikh Gumi reveals who has experience to lead Nigeria
Popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said Nigeria does not need a novice as its next president but an experienced politician.
The cleric, according to The Nation, said this while fielding questions from newsmen at his Kaduna residence on the forthcoming 2023 general elections and the state of the nation.
Sheikh Gumi said the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar have the requisite political and administrative experiences to lead the country.
2023: Shettima to be replaced in 2 weeks? New angle from northern APC emerges
A coalition of All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders of northeastern and north-central extraction have advised the leadership of the party to readdress the candidacy of Kashim Shettima as its vice-presidential candidate ahead of 2023.
The APC members also called on the party to revoke the appointment of Governor Simon Lalong as the director-general of its campaign organisation.
In a statement released on Monday, September 5, the secretary-general of the stakeholders, Dauda Yakubu, argued that the APC's decision to go ahead with the Muslim-Muslim ticket is seriously brewing disaffection within its ranks
Source: Legit.ng
