A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed the alleged plot to Islamize Nigeria
following the party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
Oshiomhole assured Nigerians that the APC presidential
candidate, Bola Tinubu can’t Islamize Nigeria because his wife is a practicing
Christian and a pastor.
Speaking with TVC, the former Edo State governor described
the Tinubu-Kashim Shettima combination as a “balanced ticket.”
Oshiomhole suggested that the opposition was afraid of the
Tinubu-Shettima ticket; hence such allegations.
According to Oshiomhole: “It is a balanced ticket; balanced
ticket in terms of competence, and their antecedents. The opposition party are
threatened by this bold decision because they are sensing defeat.
“What are the fears of people making this comment? They are
saying there are plans to Islamize Nigerians. The candidate himself (Tinubu),
has he Islamized his own family members? His wife is a Christian and a pastor.
“Our presidential candidate is a happily married man. He has
demonstrated religious tolerance by the fact that his own wife is practising
her own faith. How can a man who allowed freedom of worship in his home
Islamise the country?”
Against the popular clamour by Nigerians, Tinubu had picked Shettima
as his running mate.
Most political stakeholders had urged Tinubu to pick a
Christian as his running mate but he opted for a Northern Muslim.
Meanwhile, former Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, had alleged a plot to Islamize the country
following Tinubu’s decision to pick Shettima as his running mate.
Lawal had linked the plot to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of
Kano State.
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