A coalition of North-East and North Central stakeholders of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), has enjoined the party’s National Working
Committee (NWC), to urgently revisit the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as
the party’s vice-presidential candidate.
Dauda Yakubu, the Secretary-General of the coalition, while
briefing newsmen in Abuja on Monday, advised the party to do something quickly
to resolve the lingering impasse arising from its decision to float a
Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
It said the decision was causing division, hatred and
suspicion among Nigerians.
According to the Secretary-General, there was a lot at stake
for the party should it go ahead with a same-faith presidential ticket,
cautioning the party to do the needful to avoid losing the 2023 presidency.
Dauda Yakubu noted, “To avoid outright rejection in 2023,
the coalition, therefore, urges the party to resolve the impasse that has come
about as a result of Muslim-Muslim ticket.”
The coalition urged the APC to initiate steps and measures
toward replacing Shettima with a notable party member of Christian faith.
It advised that the leadership of the APC must take
advantage of INEC’s final list of presidential candidates, which is to be
published on September 20, to quickly address the wrong and hand the party’s
vice presidential ticket to a Christian to assuage the feelings of those still
aggrieved.
It further advised that the party must not be perceived as
disregarding and disrespecting the Christian community in Nigeria, saying that
the implication of such was massive electoral loss.
It also said the party’s leadership must realise that other
political parties adopted the Muslim-Christian tickets, stressing that the APC
must not be an exemption.
It said the Muslim-Muslim ticket could only lead to the path
of destruction for the party, pointing out that as concerned stakeholders, they
were using this medium to call on the party’s leadership to effect a change in
the composition of the party’s presidential ticket.
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