NORTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN THE APC ON FRIDAY CALLED ON NIGERIANS NOT TO VOTE FOR ANY TICKET THAT WAS NOT MIXED BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS DURING THE 2023 ELECTIONS.

According to them, since the Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidency was divisive, it must be rejected by all patriotic Nigerians.

They bared their minds during the APC Northern Christian Leaders Summit, with a declaration that the insinuation that Northern Muslims would not support a Christian running made was untrue and divisive.

Among the leaders who spoke during the event were a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; former Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung; Senator Ishaku Abbo (Adamawa North) and several other Christian leaders in Northern Nigeria.

Babachir Lawal who was also the chairman of the occasion, said colleagues within and even outside the APC expressed shock over their reaction to the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 general elections, saying it was a grand conspiracy against the Northern Christians.

The former SGF said, “Our opposition has some historical basis. There were times in the past when Christians produced the Deputy Governors in Kebbi, Niger and Kaduna States. Now it is wholly Muslim-Muslim tickets.

“It is worth noting that all these are happening in APC-controlled states. They are threatening to do likewise in Gombe, Kogi and Adamawa States.