2023: Muslim-Muslim Ticket Will Divide Nigeria Along Religious, Tribal Lines,  Dogara Insists 

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Yakubu Dogara

*Says Atiku will unite Nigerians

*Says Obi not convincing, Kwankwaso lacs national appeal

By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna

A former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has opined that the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), will break Nigeria along religious and tribal lines.

He expressed fears that the same faith ticket is strongly against the unity and peaceful coexistence of the country and enjoined Nigerians to reject it in totality for the development of the country.

Dogara, who spoke during the Arewa Christian Indigenous Pastors Association (ACIPA’s) day of prayers, awards and book dedication/launch at Evangelical Church of West Africa, ECWA in Jos, Plateau State, believes that Tinubu has a lot of baggages that would make him a foreign asset if he becomes the next president to the detriment of the generality of Nigerians.

According to him, the crucial role they can play as Christians is to examine the character of the candidates running for offices especially the highest office in the country and disavow those of them that they know are not a reflection of their moral ethos.

He thanked the leadership of CAN for long taking a stand against the same faith ticket of the APC, saying that it is not in the interest for peaceful coexistence and unity of the country and its future politics. 

Dogara said that Atiku is more politically experienced and would unite the country while evaluating the three other major presidential candidates with Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). 

The former Speaker said he is yet to be convinced about the accomplishments of Obi while he was governor in Anambra, saying that the youth yearned for him, but may not win many votes in core North Western states and for Kwankwaso, he opined that the campaign lacked national appeal.

He asserted, “The other candidate is that of the PDP. God forbid that we should imagine that he is perfect, but we cannot deny that he is by far the most experienced and that what he has done for the Northern Church has no known parallels in Nigerian’s history.  This is one of his major appeals to some of us who endorsed his candidature.”

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