Lukman said the 2023 presidential campaigns must not be reduced to the level of ethnic and religious sentiments if Nigeria was to move forward.
National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has accused opponents of the Muslim-Muslim ticket of deliberately stoking the issue to distract the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to Lukman, the debate about Muslim-Muslim ticket was unnecessary and should not be used to stampede Bola Tinubu into making a decision based on religious consideration.
Lukman said he was not surprised to find party members among those second-guessing the outcome of Tinubu on the issue of a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Speaking in a statement, Lukman said, “Most to use religious arguments to influence the choice of running mate for Asiwaju Tinubu are impliedly arguing that a Christian northerner can only win a presidential election if his/her running mate is a Muslim from southern Nigeria
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“In the same vein, this will be politically disadvantageous, if not impossible for any Christian from the North or Muslim from the South to win the presidential election. Such a backward national mindset must be changed.”
Lukman said the 2023 presidential campaigns must not be reduced to the level of ethnic and religious sentiments if Nigeria was to move forward.