The Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) has kicked against fielding a Muslim-Muslim ticket for presidency in the 2023 general elections.
This was contained in a statement issued by its chairman, Engineer Ejoga Oyinehi Inalegwu, and made available to journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday.
The Christian body noted that “the Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) read with concerns the reported meeting of a frontline politician with some Northern elders, advocating a Muslim/Muslim ticket.
“NOSCEF noted that since the report was made, there was no refutal by the Northern Elders. We wonder which Northern Elders were in the said meeting.
“Let us recall the Chief Abiola Alhaji Kingibe Muslim-Muslim ticket that won the election in a military imposed two-party system in 1993. ‘Majority of Nigerians, including myself, voted for that ticket because, a vote for that ticket was a vote for fairness, equity, justice and power rotation between North and South, South East and North East.
“They submitted that at the previous election, Alhaji Shehu Shagari (North West)/Dr. Ekwueme (South East) ruled Nigeria and Abiola/Kingibe therefore, meant power shifting between North and South and in the North, power shifting from North-West to NorthEast and in the South, from South-West to South-East.
“Remember there were no other alternatives since it was a two-party system.
“Therefore, the same injustice, inequity, marginalization that Nigerians fought against to vote a Muslim–Muslim ticket cannot now be promoted by voting same Muslim-Muslim or Christian- Christian ticket..”
“We appeal to all Nigerians across party, regional, ethnic and religious divides to rise up and mobilise the citizenship against any inconsiderate politician or political grouping, seeking to promote exclusion and marginalization of any section of our country.
Similarly, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has warned against the foisting of Muslim/Muslim ticket on the nation by any of the political parties eyeing the presidential seat, saying any political arrangement short of producing a Christian president for the nation at the election would be unacceptable to the Christian populace.
The PFN president, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, who is also the President of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries, gave the warnings on Monday evening at the grand finale of a 5-day Zoe world congress tagged “Zoe Worship Extravaganza” held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan.
Speaking at the event organised by his ministry, Oke described as evil and selfish, those behind the agenda of having a Muslim/ Muslim Presidential ticket at the coming polls.
Though he said the PFN was not rooting for any party, Oke, however, maintained that any of the parties that do not factor in the interest of the Christian community in the country would fail.
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