A former Publicly Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Mr. Jonathan Vatsa has berated Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state over his stance that a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket for the ruling party will not be a problem in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election Nigeria.
The Former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism in Niger state, in a press statement titled, ‘the Christians are awake and alive in Nigeria ahead of 2023 general elections’ advised the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to disregard El-Rufai’s statement.
Vatsa, who said such arrangement will not only spell doom for the APC but amounts to “playing with fire”, also argued that no Christian in Nigeria can vote for Tinubu if he goes ahead with a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
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He said: “those scheming for Vice President position like El-Rufai are the ones advocating for a Muslim-Muslim ticket because of their unrealizable ambition even when they know fully that it is not absolutely possible. This country called Nigeria has grown pass what people like El-Rufai think.
“Our National Leader and Presidential flag bearer, Bola Tinubu is more intelligent than him, he is politically wiser than El-Rufai, he knows everybody’s antecedent so he can not be deceived. Tinubu knows that a Muslim-Muslim ticket will spell doom for him and APC in 2023.
“Kaduna State is smaller than Nigeria, if El-Rufai succeeded in Kaduna with a Muslim-Muslim ticket because he made sure the Christian communities in southern Kaduna did not come out to vote in the 2019 general elections to show their anger, such an experiment cannot work in the presidential election in 2023.”
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The APC chieftain added: “Now that El-Rufai is looking for Vice President, he wants Nigerians to put religious consideration in our dealings behind, when every form you fill in Nigeria today, they will ask you of your religion. I wonder why such a person should tell Nigerians not to lay emphasis on religion,”
The statement further stated that: “there are very intelligent, competent and highly respected Christians in the north that can be Vice President to Tinubu. Those who have turned their state to war zone should not dream of becoming Vice President of this country.”
