Ahead of next year’s general election, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has reiterated his opposition to the Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket of Bola Ahmed Tinubu/Kashim Shettima adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 elections.
He submitted that having said ‘No’ to the same faith ticket, they are currently consulting with relevant Islamic and Christian leaders in the country, to collectively agree and adopt a formidable pan-Nigerian platform that all of them will support in 2023.
Dogara made this known while speaking in Jos, the Plateau State Capital, at the weekend at a magazine launch and awards ceremony organised by Mupun Youths Association.
Dogara, who was represented by a former member who represented Pankshin, Kanke Kanam federal constituency of Plateau State, Hon. Timothy Golu, said, ‘We rose against the same faith ticket because of its divisive tendencies.’
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However, supporters of the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have cautioned Dogara and a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal to retrace their steps and “stop overheating the polity” over the issue of same faith ticket.
Speaking in Abuja at the launch of Asiwaju Trumpeters, its Deputy National Coordinator, Barrister Lookman Alawaye, cautioned Lawal and Dogara against ‘Stoking the embers of hatred, animosity and bigotry. We appeal to them to be calm and retrace their steps and see reason with us.’
Meanwhile, aformer Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has asserted that the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) fly a Muslim Muslim ticket next year is a plan to further create divisions within the north.
He pointed out that he and about 40 Christian leaders in the north are seriously working at the moment to ensure that the ticket fails.
Lawal made this known while speaking during an interview on Arise TV, which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.
