Salihu Lukman, the vice-chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north-west, has blasted Muslim senators-elect vying for the position of Senate President.
He added that the election of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as President-elect and Vice President-elect, respectively, shows that both Muslims, and any Muslim hoping to be Senate President, do not respect the constitution and the party.
The outspoken APC chieftain claimed in a statement on Monday that the election of a Muslim Senate President would be detrimental to Nigeria’s unity and peaceful coexistence.
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Any attempt to elect a Muslim as Senate President, according to the former Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum, would promote Muslim control in the federal government.
Lukman said: “Any Muslim aspiring for the position of Senate President has no respect for both the constitutions of the federal republic of Nigeria and the APC.
“This is because Chapter II, Section 14(3) of the Nigerian constitution clearly outlined that ‘the composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few states or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that government or in any of its agencies.
“With two Muslims already elected to be sworn in as president and vice-president of the federal republic on May 29, any attempt to consider another Muslim as senate president will promote the dominance of Muslims in the federal government and will be injurious to national unity and peaceful co-existence of Nigeria as a sovereign entity, which must not be allowed.”
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He described as “unethical” the way some lawmakers aspiring to lead the 10th National Assembly are going about their ambition.
He said: “There are also the disturbing reports from House of Representatives members-elect that one aspirant for the position of Speaker from north-east apart from bribing members-elect with huge amounts of money is also offering jeeps to members-elect if they will commit to electing him as the speaker.
“How can APC elected representatives descend so low as to be using unethical methods of cash-and-carry to mobilise support for their aspirations?
“The two senators-elect who are being alleged to be involved in such unethical methods are both Muslims from the north-west.”
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