Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Powerful APC Chieftain Reveals Tinubu’s Alleged Plot to Divide Christians

Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Powerful APC Chieftain Reveals Tinubu’s Alleged Plot to Divide Christians

  • Earlier, the APC national leader and presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with northern Christian leaders and revealed his choice for same faith ticket was beyond religion and sentiments
  • The former governor of Lagos state maintained that his choice of Kashim Shettima as his running mate was for the good of Nigerians as a whole
  • Reacting, Babachir David Lawal who was not included in the APC campaign council stated that the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC is a plot by Tinubu to divide the Christian community in Nigeria

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Former secretary to the government of the federation Babachir David Lawal has made stunning new revelations about the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)'s same faith ticket.

In the buildup of the 2023 general elections, Lawal alleged that in his desperate bid to convince the electorate to accept the same faith ticket, the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has procured fake Christian groups to divide the church, The Sun reported.

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Babachir Lawal says the ruling APC, Bola Tinubu sees nothing wrong with the Muslim-Muslim ticket. Photo credit: @officialBAT
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Babachir Lawal leaks top secret

The ex-SGF made the allegation in a press release made available to journalists disclosing that a number of Nigerians have reached out to him and former Speaker Yakubu Dogara to convince them to accept the same-faith presidential and vice presidential ticket of the APC which the duo has vehemently opposed and negotiate with the party.

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Babachir said:

“We have so far not taken the road to reconciliation because in the first instance, neither the APC as a party nor its presidential candidate has bothered to seek us out for reconciliation even though early on, our doors were left open for such.”

Dogara warns Nigerians against voting Tinubu, Shettima's Muslim-Muslim ticket

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday, September 20, urged every Nigerian voter not to waste their votes on the APC in the 2023 presidential elections.

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Dogara who spoke at a summit in Abuja, tagged ‘Meet the Church’ organised by the Nigerian National Christians Coalition (NNCC) warned against the Muslim-Muslim ticket being flown by the party.

The ruling party's presidential candidate, Tinubu, was expected by many to nominate a Christian as his running mate since is a Muslim.

Shettima leaks 4 key work ethics Tinubu learnt from Buhari, Obasanjo, Abacha

Bola Tinubu had earlier been described as one politician who has all the qualities needed to develop Nigeria as a country.

Kashim Shettima said Tinubu possesses the work ethic of Olusegun Obasanjo and other key attributes of former Nigerian leaders.

According to Shettima, Nigeria will experience immense progress should Tinubu emerge victorious in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election.

Source: Legit.ng

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from NIJ, where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.