2023: Tinubu, Shettima will lose – Northern APC members vow

Some Christians in the All Progressives Congress have made their stand on the 2023 presidential election.

This is just as they have reiterated their rejection of the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.

This follows the inauguration of the presidential campaign council of the ruling party.

Addressing the press in Abuja on Sunday, the Concerned Northern APC Christians Forum maintained that the APC’s insistence on Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima is a slap on the face of the Christian faith.

The General Secretary of the group, Lukas Bako, who addressed the press, said the inauguration of the campaign council is a mere charade.
“The Northern APC Christians Forum is concerned that the APC leadership’s lack of respect for the Christians in Northern Nigeria has reached an alarming crescendo, which could pass for a deliberate attempt to delineate the Christian population in Northern Nigeria.

“Our concern also stems from the fact that the action of the APC can breed distrust amongst the religious groupings in the country. It must be stated that with the Muslim-Muslim Ticket, the Northern Christians have been marginalized and without recourse to the implication of such actions in the overall psyche of the people,” the group said.

The group vowed that the ruling party would not get any support from Northern Christians unless the leadership of the APC addressed its concerns.

They called on Christians named in the APC Presidential Campaign Council to quit without further delay in protest until the needful is done.

“The APC leadership must desist from treating Northern Christians as inconsequential in the country’s scheme of affairs.

“Christians will not support the APC Presidential Team until the Muslim – Muslim Ticket issue is resolved holistically.”