The lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Senator Ishaku Abbo, has withdrawn his membership from the campaign group of the All Progressives Congress’ presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Senator Abbo’s resignation follows Tinubu’s selection of Senator Kashim Shettima as running mate ahead of the 2023 election.
He described Tinubu as irresponsible for resorting to pick the former governor of Borno State, a Muslim, as running mate.
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According to the lawmaker, Tinubu failed to learn from his 2015 experience, when he was rejected as running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari because he was a Muslim.
He said, “For Tinubu now to be given the ticket and turn around to do what he couldn’t achieve in 2015 despite opposition from Catholics and other Christian leaders is extremely irresponsible.
“Buhari fought a civil war and understands the consequences of a divided nation. When Tinubu wanted to be VP in 2015, Buhari said no because he understood the importance of unity.
“We sat down in Abuja and strategised and we concluded that he should not take a Muslim as running mate. He (Tinubu) threw away the report,” he said.
Continuing, the lawmaker said he remained a member of the APC, but will tread on the path of unity for Nigeria.
“My conscience will not allow me to campaign for Tinubu. I am a member of CAN; I cannot deny CAN. I remain in APC. But I will take the survival of my country first over political considerations.”
“We cannot work for such a man. I will oppose Christian-Christian ticket because I am interested in the stability of this country. A Christian-Christian ticket will be insensitive to Muslims of this country.
“The country is evenly divided among Muslims and Christians. So any government that is Muslim-Muslim will be illegitimate and will never gain the respect of Christians.”
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