The General Overseer of the Champions Royal Assembly, Prophet Joshua Iginla, has reacted to the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
Prophet Iginla said the APC Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket is a “sign of war.”
The APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, had picked Borno State Senator, Kashim Shettima as his running mate.
While Tinubu is a Muslim from the Southern part of the country, Shettima is a Muslim from the north.
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Tinubu’s choice was contrary to calls by Nigerians who had clamored 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 many 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 religions. It has never happened before in this country. Why now?
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“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”.
