With less than two weeks to the deadline set by the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for submission of running
mates, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu,
has been cautioned against picking Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State or
his predecessor, Kashim Shettima as his running mate.
Tinubu is believed to be considering a Muslim-Muslim ticket
amid an outcry by Nigerians.
Reports have it that Tinubu may name either Zulum or
Shettima as his running mate in the next few days.
The APC presidential candidate had submitted the name of
Kabiru Masari to INEC as a placeholder.
But, with time running out, Tinubu was reported to have
circled down on both names after wide consultations with political
stakeholders.
However, a staunch ally of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Reno Omokri, said the two names
queried Tinubu’s choice of Shettima and Zulum.
The former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan recounted
how Shettima failed to provide security for Chibok Christian community in Borno
State.
In a series of tweets, Omokri accused Zulum of neglecting
the Christian community in the state.
Omokri tweeted: “Yes, Bola Tinubu’s wife is a Christian
pastor. However, is she not the same person who said ‘Igbo, we no dey trust una
again’? So, if her husband picks a Muslim Vice President, can such a woman drop
her bias against Igbos, who are mostly Christians and love them?
“Shettima notoriously failed to provide security for the Chibok
Christian community. When Wike, the then Minister of State for Education (now
Governor of Rivers) wrote him to move WAEC students from Chibok to Maiduguri,
he refused. Can such a VP protect Christians?
“Zulum, for instance, is notorious for doing nothing after
the demolition of the EYN Church in Moduganari, wherein his agents killed one
of the protesting Christians. Shettima is remembered for neglecting Christian
communities. Can they protect Christians as VP?”
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