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Following the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, some Christians in the party have called for total boycott, reiterating their rejection of a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
The Concerned Northern APC Christians Forum, in a press conference in Abuja, insisted that the ruling party must jettison its current combination of Bola Tinubu and Kassim Shettima to get the support of Christians.
In his address, general secretary, Lukas Bako, said the inauguration is a mere charade, describing the APC’s chances at the presidency as a failed mission.
According to him, under the present arrangement, the Christians would suffer untold persecution under an APC government in Nigeria.
Bako added that the Northern Christians stand with the position of the Christian Association of Nigeria, adding that the “Christians in the APC Presidential Campaign Council are betrayers who have sold their conscience in return for a plate of porridge.”
The group, therefore, urged the APC leadership to “do needful by replacing the APC vice Presidential Candidate with a Christian before the commencement of the campaigns”.
They, however, advised Christians in the APC council to resign honourably in protest until the needful is done.