Senator Walid Jibrin, a former Board of Trustees Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has accused the All Progressives Congress of plotting to divide Nigerians with its Muslim/Muslim Ticket ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Jibrin, the Chairman of the PDP presidential and governorship campaign council in Nasarawa State, made the charge during his party’s zonal campaign rally on Thursday in the Awe Local Government Area of the state.
According to news sources, the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, a Muslim, has chosen the former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, also a Muslim, as his running mate ahead of the election.
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The development sparked religious outrage, with many Christian believers objecting to what they saw as an attempt to convert them.
The action of the APC also forced some stakeholders of the Christian faith out of the party.
Senator Jibrin said, “That singular unpatriotic gesture, coming at a time of rising security challenges confronting the nation is never a welcome development.
“The apparent late excuses by Tinubu to justify what is clearly an anomaly, that his wife is a Pentecostal pastor, are lame and insulting to the sensibility of Nigerians.
“And with what the APC and its presidential candidate have done, it is obvious that Nigeria cannot be safe in the hands of the former governor of Lagos State whose decisions and actions could plunge the country into chaos.”
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Jibrin, on the other hand, believes the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Nasarawa state governorship candidate, David Ombugadu, are persons of great intellect and poise who will assure the nation’s steady progress and development.
He urged citizens of the state to vote for all PDP candidates in the 2023 elections, stressing that the party would address the nation’s various difficulties by offering the benefits of democracy to the people.
Concerning the ongoing conflict between the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, the former Board of Trustees Chairman stated that party leaders were working feverishly to resolve the differences before the election.
“What is happening now in the PDP is a family matter. Alhaji Atiku and Governor Wike are brothers. As leaders, we are making efforts to address the issues, and we are hopeful that they will be resolved before the February 2023 elections.
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“I stepped down from my position as BoT chairman to allow peace to reign in the party and pave way for other party stakeholders who had never occupied my former position to do so.
“I am confident that the PDP will retake the presidency and win many states during the forthcoming elections, so I am urging our party members and supporters to remain resolute in the struggle,” Walid Jibrin added.
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