{"id":201103,"date":"2022-07-04T11:43:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T10:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=201103"},"modified":"2022-07-04T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T10:43:16","slug":"group-appeals-to-apc-tinubu-to-drop-muslim-muslim-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/04\/group-appeals-to-apc-tinubu-to-drop-muslim-muslim-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Group appeals to APC, Tinubu to drop Muslim-Muslim ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Democracy Defence Watch, a political group has appealed to the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu against presenting a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal was made by the group via a letter forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari titled: &#8220;APC&#8217;s Muslim-Muslim Ticket in Nigeria\u2019s 2023 Elections: A Threat to National Stability, Regional Peace and Security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bThe letter, signed by the group\u2019s National Coordinator\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b and National Secretary, Alhaji Ahmed Adamu, and Otunba Adeniji Adegoke, respectively, was made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, according to the group, was copied to all heads of democratic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/17\/insecurity-buhari-sets-up-national-early-warning-centre\/\">security institutions<\/a> as well as other international bodies.<\/p>\n<p>It said a Muslim-Muslim ticket would not only be a threat to national stability but could also retard the country\u2019s peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>The group said presenting such a ticket as being proposed by the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/22\/air-force-partners-akwa-ibom-govt-to-tackle-internal-insecurity\/\"> APC<\/a>, would portray Nigeria as an Islamic and sectarian nation.<\/p>\n<p>This, it said, would ultimately be resisted by the country\u2019s millions of practicing Christians, moderate and progressive Muslims, and civic groups.<\/p>\n<p>It added that ethnocultural associations and enlightened members of the international communities could also protest such a ticket.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"primisPlayerContainerDiv\" class=\"primisslate\">\n<div id=\"primis_container_div\">\n<div id=\"primis_playerSekindoSPlayer62c2c0c65c868\">\n<div id=\"Player-Div-SekindoSPlayer62c2c0c65c868\">\n<div id=\"Video-Div-SekindoSPlayer62c2c0c65c868\">\n<div id=\"Video-iFrame-SekindoSPlayer62c2c0c65c868\">\n<div id=\"videoContainerDiv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe are therefore calling on President Buhari to direct the security forces to do the needful by advising Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate and the party on the possible threats this action could pose to security in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is pertinent to note the serious implications of the action with regards to security, especially when one rightly imagines that Christians will feel threatened with a Muslim-Muslim ticket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey may resort to pulpit preaching and mobilisation of opinions across the Christendom,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>It said civil society organisations and students would likely protest if a Muslim-Muslim ticket was eventually introduced into the polity in manners that might constitute security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The group warned of the danger such a political arrangement could cause to continental security.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that the West African sub-region and African regional peace and security were basically predicated on the presumption of Nigeria\u2019s political stability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe, therefore, implore you to use your good offices to weigh in on Tinubu and the APC to thread with caution and refrain from unyielding desire to foist on the nation a Muslim-Muslim ticket.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Democracy Defence Watch, a political group has appealed to the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu against presenting a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential election. 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