Omamurhomuapho Thomas l Saturday, July 16, 2022
LAGOS, Nigeria – Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna, Rev. Father Joseph Hayab has said that when you are hungry, you look for food, adding that the “food APC Muslim Muslim ticket is offering Nigerians is poisonous food that will make Nigerians lose sleep.
Rev. Joseph Hayab, who was speaking on Arise TV, along with two APC chieftain, Dr. Osita Okechukwu, the DG of Voice of Nigeria, and former Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria, Mr. Babachir Lawal and former Minister for Sports, Mr. Solomon Dalung added that the All Progressive Congress, APC is offering food that will kill Nigeria, that will make Nigerians to lose sleep.
He said that CAN will not vote on the basis of religion but will vote for a candidate with the team to deliver Nigeria. He said that solution to the security problems confronting Nigeria has been evasive because the solution has always been one sided, the president having saddled his security apparatus with nepotism, (north and religion).
“We will appreciate a candidate that appreciates unity of Nigeria, that has understanding, that we can sit with and will listen to us. We will vote for a meal that will be a balanced diet”, he said.
Even the former Secretary to the government of the federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal said the flagbearer of the APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu got it all wrong. He said that Tinubu is being deceived and that to say that Muslim Muslim ticket is the will of God is the height of deception, adding that God does not speak immediately.
He emphasized that Christians will not be part of APC campaign through out the federation, since Tinubu does not trust any Christian. As for delivering votes, he alluded to the likes of Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State and former speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, who are all Christians.
He said his 15 year old son has already alluded to it, hoping that he will not be part of a Muslim Muslim ticket, stressing that the consequence will be passed on to them who are his children. He noted that the Muslim Muslim ticket is disastrous and wants President Buhari to intervene before the development will destroy the party.
He explained that the Muslim, Muslim ticket has nothing to do with competence. “if it is about competence, then Professor Yemi Osinbajo should be the APC candidate and not Tinubu who has a degree in business studies”, he said.
Osita Okechukwu
In his reply to issues raised, Osita Okechukwu, DG VON and APC chieftain, said Tinubu did the right thing settling down for a Muslim, Muslim ticket, since it will make it possible for him to win the election. He describes his running mate, Kasim Shettima as banker, who became a commissioner and later governor, with capacity to win votes.
He described Tinubu as a moderate Muslim from the south and that the Peoples Democratic Party, reneged on its zoning principles by going north, hence Tinubu was forced to pick a Muslim Muslim ticket. He also explained the ticket is based on competence and that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been able to transform Lagos State since 2007 and that Tinubu settled for a Muslim Muslim ticket to enable him make bold decisions.
Solomon Dalung : APC has indicated it never meant well for Nigeria
Tinubu has attacked multiculturalism by his choice… it is now left for Nigerians to make their choice
Also speaking, former Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Selcap Dalung, a former chieftain of the APC now in Social Democratic Party, SDP said APC has indicated clearly that it never meant well for Nigeria.
According to him, for Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu to do a Muslim, Muslim ticket means he lacks tolerance. “It means he cannot tolerate Nigerians from a different religion”, he said, adding that there is no reason why APC cannot lose the general election.
“For him to express this, it is complete incompetence, the message he has sent out is that I am somebody who cannot tolerate anybody who is not a Muslim, even Babachir Lawal who has been his friend has told him that he cannot guarantee his loyalty.
Dalung explained that Nigerian diversity is being mismanaged by the ruling party. As he puts it, “From the day I heard of this, I lost my sleep”, he said, stressing that “Tinubu has attacked multiculturalism by his choice” and that it is now left for Nigerians to make their choice, “but it is a bad decision coming at this time, that there is attack on military and government institutions by Islamic militants”.
According to him, Tinubu made the decision not in favour of the unity of Nigeria but in his desperation to win the election.
“So the election is about him, not Nigeria, because the election should be about country not individual”, he said.
Responding to the revelation that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele is a member of the APC, he said, “APC has squandered everything that is in our heritage and development. Muslim Muslim ticket will not be an issue if the country is stable enough but we are living in fear in Abuja based on attack on Kuje Prison.
“I am disappointed by intelligence like President Muhammadu Buhari, these people used motorcycles and they drove many kilometeres and they overran the system. What happened to the military troops stationed there, were they there, what was their response, but I expect that heads would have rolled by now. He has been betrayed by the security forces, so he does not need report to sack them”, he said, adding that there is the need to strengthen the prison arms squad.
“Manpower is insufficient to defend the system. Kuje should have a full battalion, with digital battalion, armed with drones to monitor the terrain and cctv, with a situation room to monitor each cell”, he said, attributing the problem to endemic corruption that has destroyed the system.
“Poor payment is part of it and non-payment of allowances. They go on escort, they are not paid, no barrack facilities, no accommodation, no modern prison, with most facilities built by colonial administration”, he explained.
Looking at the present state of affairs, he said Buhar is unhappy. “I think knowing him, if today is 29th May, he will pack his load and leave; he has been disappointed and betrayed by many people he entrusted with responsibility to help him to lead this country.
“Even, me I am disappointed, what we have now is not the APC we started. Those who we voted against are the key actors in APC”, he noted, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot do anything for now because of the forces against him manifestly proven against him during the APC convention.
“If I were him, I will embark on a blind man fight, he has to dismantle these people before he leaves office”, Dalung said.
