The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned major political parties in Nigeria that running a Christian/Christian or Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket in 2023 will be disastrous.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the Christian group announced this on Friday in a statement issued by its National Secretary, Joseph Bade Daramola.
Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar are the presidential candidates of the two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), respectively. They are both Muslims.
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With Atiku seeking for a Christian from the south to round out his ticket, news surfaced on Friday that the APC is considering pairing Tinubu with a strong Muslim from the north ahead of the 2023 election.
Moves to field candidates of the same faith, according to CAN, are a danger to Nigeria’s delicate peace and unity.
The organization congratulated the presidential candidates of the APC, PDP, and Labour Party (LP), as well as other political parties, who are running in the next presidential election.
CAN suggested that the presidential contenders’ running mates be chosen with a balance of both faith practitioners in mind.
The association said: “We do not subscribe to Christian/Christian ticket or Muslim/Muslim ticket. Politicians can talk politics but we have stated our view long before now. Any party that tries same religion ticket will fail. This is not 1993. Even when we have 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.
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“Imagine how bad it will be if we have two Muslims in power? The extant Nigerian Constitution promotes religious balance. So, if any political party wants to try Muslim/Muslim ticket, it’s at it’s own peril. CAN is only forewarning, but will make a categorical statement in the event our warning is not heeded.”
CAN stated that the presidential running mate for Tinubu should be a Christian from the North, Atiku’s running mate should be a Christian from the South while Obi should choose his own among the Muslims from the North.
According to the group, anything contrary to the above means that the leadership of these political parties do not bother about the unity of this entity called Nigeria.
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“Those 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.
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