Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto
Diocese has said the decision by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to
present Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election was a teamwork
based on calculation of what would work for the party.
In a statement he personally signed on Monday, Kuka said the
decision by the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu to pick Senator Kashim
Shettima as his running mate should not be a thing to worry about.
Recall that Asiwaju on Sunday, announced the former Borno
State Governor as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
The development has continued to generate reactions from
concerned Nigerians who argued that a Christian Northerner should have been
picked in place of Shettima.
But Kuka, while reacting to the controversy, said those
angered by the development should support other candidates they feel are
better.
The statement reads, “This is what you call team selection
and everybody will choose depending on what they think will give them a fair
chance. So people will take responsibility for the choices they have made. For
me, it is not something to lose sleep over.
“If people feel unhappy with the kind of choices that have
been made, that is why we are democrats, you can’t force it. We outsiders
cannot force a choice of any candidate.
“It is now left for you to look at the choices that have been made. And there is no guarantee that all Christians will vote for Christians and all Muslims will vote for Muslims.”
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