National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has described the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket as the “act and will of God”, saying Christians in the country who are agitated by the choice need not fear.
Addressing journalists after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina on Wednesday, Adamu said the choice of Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate should not be a subject of agitation by the Christian community.
According to him, nobody was willing to promote a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, but the party has to face what he described as the reality of politics in the country in order to win the 2023 presidential poll.
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“The fact of the matter is, God doesn’t do anything in vain. God has His reasons for having two major religions to be in this country and each of these groups, has both people who have the reason to believe and they have a take also.
“We had a time when Christians led this country. We have a time now when a Muslim is running the country and we can’t deny that fact. We can’t have what we want at a point in time, all of us agreeing to one thing.
“The fact of the matter is we appreciate that, the Christians are interesting, no doubt, about it. We are as practical as we can in this situation and we do hope that people will see reason.
“Nobody is willing to promote Christianity or a Muslim ticket necessarily but we have to face the reality of our politics in this country and that is exactly what we are doing. Christians have nothing to fear. Shettima is another Nigerian like me and you,” Adamu was quoted as saying.
Further, he explained that, “We don’t have to be all Muslims or all Christians. It is the will of God that this time around he (Shettima) is going to be the vice-president of this great country if we win the election. And we do hope and pray and we are working to win the election.”