Prophet Joshua Iginla, General Overseer of the Champions Royal Assembly, has reacted to the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
The APC Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, according to Prophet Iginla, is a “sign of war.”
Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, chose Borno State Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate.
Tinubu is a Muslim from the country’s south, while Shettima is a Muslim from the north.
Tinubu’s choice ran counter to calls from Nigerians for a Christian running mate.
Reacting, Iginla described Tinubu’s decision as insensitive.
Addressing his church members in Abuja, Iginla said: “I asked myself, in a country like Nigeria with too much strong religious beliefs, why will the ruling party go for a Muslim-Muslim ticket? Why will their presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, go with that view? I asked myself again if we don’t know, we are sounding the drum of war in a place where there is unity, peace, and understanding despite our differences. Nigeria is a country for all and does not belong to a particular set of religion. It has never happened before in this country. Why now?
“If we must make Nigeria great, we must allow equity, justice and sensitivity to be the watch of the day for our leaders. I am pleading in my heart; this was not the Nigeria I was born to. This was not the Nigeria that our great heroes fought for. What is going on? Our leaders, please save us because the Muslim-Muslim ticket is a sign of war”.
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