{"id":195191,"date":"2022-06-10T18:05:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T17:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=195191"},"modified":"2022-06-10T18:05:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T17:05:46","slug":"running-mates-of-tinubu-atiku-must-be-christians-can-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/10\/running-mates-of-tinubu-atiku-must-be-christians-can-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Running mates of Tinubu, Atiku must be christians &#8211; CAN warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned the presidential candidates of leading political parties against choosing running mates of the same religion as them.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by Joseph Daramola, CAN national secretary.<\/p>\n<p>According to the association,<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0the development would be \u201ca threat to the fragile peace and unity of Nigeria\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAny party that tries same religion ticket will fail. This is not 1993. Even when we have a joint Muslim\/Christian ticket, the church still goes through hell. Only God knows the number of Christians that have been killed in the last seven years with no one apprehended or prosecuted. Imagine how bad it will be if we have two Muslims in power? The extant Nigerian Constitution promotes religious balance,\u201d the statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSo, if any political party wants to try Muslim\/Muslim ticket, it\u2019s at its own peril. CAN is only forewarning but will make a categorical statement in the event our warning is not heeded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Presidential running mate for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/10\/2023-presidency-northern-apc-govs-meet-tinubu-make-promises\/\">APC<\/a> presidential flag bearer, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu should be a Christian from the North, Atiku\u2019s running mate should be a Christian from the South while Obi should choose his own among the Muslims from the North.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">CAN said if political parties choose running mates of the same religion as the presidential candidates, it would mean the leadership of the parties \u201cdo not bother about the unity of this entity called Nigeria\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThose who are planning Muslim\/Muslim ticket should also find out what was the outcome of MKO Abiola and Kingibe ticket in 1993. If they try Muslim\/Muslim ticket this time around, the outcome will be worse because our fault lines are very visible.,\u201d the statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThere is no party that has no great, good and patriotic Christians who can preside over the affairs of this nation not to talk of being the Vice President as some mischievous people are trying to say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTo those arguing that people do not care about the religions of their leaders once they are competent and credible, we dare APC to pick its Presidential running mate from the South and PDP pick its own from the North and see what follows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur politicians should be doing what will unite us instead of what will further polarise the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned the presidential candidates of leading political parties against choosing running mates of the same religion as them. 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