ACF Chief Warns APC On Dangers Of Muslim-Muslim Ticket

Immediate past Secretary-General of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Anthony Sani, has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC and its presidential candidate not to give heed to pressures on a Muslim-Muslim ticket, saying it would further divide the nation.

Sani who anchored his reason on the growing influence of religion in the nation’s political affairs, called for caution, stressing that divisions along ethnic and religious lines should not be further advanced as the nation prepares for a general election.

In a chat with Vanguard, Sani said:   “Since Tinubu has vowed never to preside over a divided nation, a Muslim-Muslim ticket would be unhelpful in furthering his desire to unite the nation at this point and until such a time when Nigeria will become a confluence of politics, economics and morality, Muslim-Muslim and Christian-Christian ticket would not be helpful.”

Noting that such a ticket would further divide the nation, he added:

“I still do not think Muslim-Muslim ticket would help in uniting the nation at this point, more so that Muslim-Muslim ticket runs counter to the letter and spirit of provisions of federal character in the constitution. It was that provision that did not allow Tinubu to be running mate to Buhari in 2015.

“I believe it is the letter and spirit of federal character in the Constitution that prevents former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar from picking a northerner or Fulani Muslim as his running mate. For the same reasons, Tinubu is not considering   Southerner or Yoruba as his running mate.

“And because religion is one of the major dividing lines alongside ethnicity and region; a Muslim-Muslim ticket would unwittingly provide ammunition for those who do not wish the nation well to cry against their preconceived allegations of Islamization agenda,” the ACF chief warned in his caution against a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

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