APC Will Bear Political Consequences Of Muslim-Muslim Ticket – Cardinal Onaiyekan

The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be ready to bear the political consequences of settling for a Muslim-Muslim presidential joint ticket in the next year’s election.

 As a keynote speaker during the 70th Anniversary of the National Association of Seadogs in Abuja on Saturday, Cardinal Onaiyekan argued that the ruling party should not make their choice of same faith ticket look as if the presidential election is a battle between Christians and Muslims in the country.

 “What I have said previously is that the Muslim-Muslim ticket is not a religious issue. It is a purely political decision of the party that adopted it. The reason they settled for it is perhaps because of winning the votes of the electorate.

“They are entitled to take that decision but they should also be prepared to bear the political consequences of their decision at the election. They should not give the impression that this election is between Muslims and Christians.

“We are not fighting. Among those struggling to retain power and grab power are both Christians and Muslims. We have same-faith tickets in many parts of the State, but our concern in this is because it is federal,” he said

Besides his comment on the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the APC, Onaiyekan On his state of the nation, he argued that though there are few persons benefiting from the present bad situation, there is however large-scale grumbling on the part of the vast majority of Nigerians.

“The flag of the nation is still flying even though it is dirty and tattered. I am saying this because basic institutions are still functioning even though not at an optimal level. A bad or weak government is better than no government at all. I do not believe we have reached a state of total anarchy.

In his contributions, Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Muhannad Nuru Khalid, lamented the state of lip services paid to the insecurity in the country, noting: “We don’t identify our common enemy, value and goals. On how we can solve the insecurity problems, I will say that we have to identify them.

“We have all the necessary machinery to fight insecurity. But because our enemy, corruption, is there fighting back, it has been difficult. We have the required money to fight insecurity in Nigeria, but it is not properly channelled. We have the required personnel because our military in many instances has overcome insecurity in the continent. But, why are they failing to solve our internal problem?

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