Fresh Agitation Against APC’s Muslim-Muslim Ticket As Stakeholders Warn…

Fresh agitation against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC has emerged with a coalition of North-East and North Central stakeholders of the party calling on the National Working Committee, NWC, to revisit the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the vice-presidential candidate.

The stakeholders are also calling on the NWC to revisit the appointment of Governor Simon Lalong as the Director-General of the presidential campaign committee.

The coalition, which made the call at a briefing in Abuja, on Monday urged the party to resolve the lingering impasse arising from its decision to float a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.

Secretary General of the group, Dauda Yakubu, warned that the party stood to lose much if it didn’t immediately address the controversy over the Muslim-Muslim ticket.

He said: “To avoid outright rejection in 2023, the coalition, therefore, urges the party to resolve the impasse that has come about as a result of Muslim-Muslim ticket,” he said in rekindling the fresh agitation against the concept some said had half of the population out of reckoning.

“We urge the APC to initiate steps and measures toward replacing Shettima with a notable party member of Christian faith.

“The leadership of the APC must take advantage of INEC’s final list of presidential candidates, which is to be published on September 20, to quickly address the wrong and hand the party’s vice presidential ticket to a Christian to assuage the feelings of those still aggrieved.

“The party must not be perceived as disregarding and disrespecting the Christian community in Nigeria. The implication of such is massive electoral losses.

‘’The party’s leadership must also realise that other political parties adopted the Muslim-Christian tickets, and the APC must not be an exemption.

“The Muslim-Muslim ticket can only lead to the path of destruction for the party. As concerned stakeholders, we are using this medium to call on the party’s leadership to effect a change in the composition of the party’s presidential ticket.”

GWG reports that the fresh agitation against the Muslim-Muslim ticket is coming after many thought that the issue had been quietly left to die.

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