A group, Concerned Northern All Progressives Congress Christians Forum, has again rejected the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the ruling APC ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the party and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima are Muslims. The group urged the party to replace Shettima as its vice-presidential candidate. During a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, the group urged Christians in the APC presidential campaign council to resign.
2023 Elections: Christians Won’t Support APC’s Tinubu/Shettima Muslim-Muslim President Ticket, Say Northern APC Christians
Lukas Bako, General Secretary of the group, said the APC would fail in its bid to win the presidential election in 2023. "It remains a hard pill to swallow for the country's Christian community with the APC's action in fielding a Muslim-Muslim Ticket for the 2023 presidential elections. We also find it worrisome that the APC has not deemed it necessary to address this genuine concern in the overarching objective of carrying all members of the APC family along in preparation for the 2023 presidential elections.
"The Concerned Northern APC Christians Forum is using this medium to reiterate that Northern Christians won't support the APC Presidential ticket unless the leadership of the APC addresses its concerns. "The Concerned Northern APC Christians Forum is demanding unequivocally that the Presidential Candidate and the APC leadership should do the needful by replacing the APC vice Presidential Candidate with a Christian before the commencement of the campaigns.