The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, have been cautioned by the Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) not to use their political influence to polarize Christians.
The group urged the ruling party to stop bribing Christians with money in order to win their support.
The organization made this claim in a statement released on Tuesday by its chairman, Engineer Oyinehi Ejoga Inalegwu.
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The statement reads, “NOSCEF is concerned that apart from the failure of the desire of the architects of the single faith ticket, to cause serious divisions in the forthcoming elections, APC has resorted to clandestine ways of causing division in the body of Christ, by recruiting hitherto unknown bodies in the Body of Christ to counter decisions taken by the umbrella body, CAN and its various organs.”
“We warn APC to stop using Monetary incentives to recruit and cause divisions amongst the Christians, especially in the North.”
The group continued by recalling Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s unsuccessful attempt to get Atiku Abubakar on the Muslim-Muslim Ticket in 2011.
They said that he had also applied for the same faith-based ticket as president Muhammadu Buhari, but it had similarly been turned down.
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They claimed that Atiku and Buhari were both aware that a Muslim-Muslim ticket would not be effective in winning elections.
The ruling party’s shameful display came after desperate attempts to win over the public’s goodwill and acceptance by enlisting weird Christian groups as supporters. This was voiced by the Northern Christian Elders.
“We frown at the publicity they use to their advantage, to make public ridicule of Christian bodies, particularly in the North, for the purpose of causing disaffection, just to win election.
“We all know as Christians, Muslims and people of other faith, that unity, fairness, justice and inclusiveness will engender National progress, rather than the war of divisive religious political game, intended through the instrumentation of same faith ticket,” they added.
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