A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has described the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to pick Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate as a ‘disastrous error’.
In a statement which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, Lawal added his voice to the raging controversy that has been trailing the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Lawal pointed out that he saw the decision coming and he had made his reservations known to the proponents long before the announcement was made.
He disclosed he suspected that Tinubu is currently surrounded by people he described as sycophants who will lie to him and malign others to curry his favour.
‘The result is that they have played on his long-term ambition to be President and have built it into a sort of desperation and a crescendo that easily justifies this satanic resort to a Muslim-Muslim ticket. This is the calamity that has befallen my friend,’ Lawal declared.
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He added, ‘It appears that the gods want to destroy the APC and its presidential candidate and have chosen the instrumentality of the northern Muslim governors and their super ambitious tool and Kashim Ibrahim for this purpose.
‘Alhaji Kashim Shettima is a Greek gift from the Northern governors to Tinubu. I advise Bola to make sure Kashima’s two hands are always in his plain sight and empty.’
He went on to warned Tinubu that there would be consequences for his decision, adding that some of them are that Christians will revolt against the APC to put the chances of his election in serious jeopardy.
‘Now tell me which Christian will vote for the APC with the following contraption: Muslim presidential candidate (Lagos), Muslim vice presidential candidate (Borno), Muslim National Chairman (Nasarawa), Muslim Deputy National Chairman (Borno), Muslim President (Katsina); Muslim Senate President (Yobe); Muslim Speaker (Lagos); Muslim Deputy Speaker (Plateau) e.t.c.,’ he added.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that some party chiefs have already started resigning over the Muslim-Muslim ticket.
In Rivers State, a former governorship candidate of the party, Tonye Princewill, dumped the party, citing the Muslim-Muslim ticket.
His resignation was contained in a letter he addressed to the Chairman of the APC in his ward (3) Tahhed Royal Ward in Buguma, Asar Toru Loval Government Area of Rivers State dated July 12, 2022.
