Mathew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese has said the decision by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to present Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election was “not something to lose sleep over.”
Gatekeepers News reports that Bishop Kukah added that the decision was teamwork-based in the calculation of what would work for the party.
On Sunday, APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu announced Senator Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno State as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
The development has since generated reactions from concerned Nigerians who argued that a Christian Northerner should have been picked in place of Shettima.
Although Kukah threw his weight behind the decision in a statement he personally signed on Monday, the Bishop advised those angered by the development to support other candidates they feel are better.
The statement read, “This is what you call team selection and everybody will choose depending on what they think will give them a fair chance. So people will take responsibility for the choices they have made. For me, it is not something to lose sleep over.
“If people feel unhappy with the kind of choices that have been made, that is why we are democrats, you can’t force it. We outsiders cannot force a choice of any candidate.
“It is now left for you to look at the choices that have been made. And there is no guarantee that all Christians will vote for Christians and all Muslims will vote for Muslims.”
