Adams Oshiomhole has accused some Christians chieftains of
spearheading the opposition against ex-Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu in the
build-up to the 2023 election.
The former All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman
said the criticisms against the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket was unfortunate.
Oshiomhole told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday that the
problems of Nigeria are bigger than disagreements over religion.
The Edo ex-governor described the position of critics to the
emergence of Senator Kaskim Shettima as Tiubu’s running mate as blackmail.
“Those leading the campaign in the APC family – if they were
such believers in Christianity – had the opportunity to canvass for votes for
one of the Christian candidates.
“But they were on record as having led the campaign on the
side of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, knowing very well that he is a Muslim,” he
claimed.
The former labour leader stated that Nigerian challenges are
beyond religion.
“The issues we have to spend time discussing is what will
any of the presidential candidates do differently, not what will a Christian or
Muslim do,” he said.
Oshiomhole also faulted claims that Christians were being
persecuted, saying there was no evidence of such.
“I don’t think they bothered to show the evidence and yet we
have not just a Christian Vice-President, we have a pastor, a senior advocate”,
he stressed.
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