Author: Phlippages
The Human Rights Writers Association has called on the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential aspirant Ahmed Bola Tinubu to desist from picking a Muslim as a running mate in the coming 2023 general elections.
The body in a statement said that a muslim-muslim ticket would further heighten aggression of bandits and terrorists towards Christians.
HURIWA claimed that it was against the constitution as it violates section 14 (3) and (4) and section 318 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which states that the principle of federal character should be reflected in the composition of government, and that no group, religious or ethnic, should dominate the other.
They warned that this will confirm the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari supporting the full islamization of Nigeria.
The group claimed that the plot is to have the Muslims take over all strategic and key political positions in Nigeria such as the President, Vice President, Chief Justice of Nigeria, Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives and to repeat President Buhari’s appointment of only Muslims to head the key security agencies.
“We are uniquely worried by the organised and well-choreographed, well oiled, well funded and properly engineered campaigns by Islamic fundamentalists such as Governor Nassir El-Rufai and others using some Christians like Orji Kalu, Femi Fani-Kayode to canvass the infantile opinion that either it does not matter that candidates for the office of President, Vice President or Governor and Deputy Governor should comply with the simple constitutional demand of the federal character principles in appointments and elective positions.”
The human rights group said the “poisonous chalice of the Muslim-Muslim ticket by the APC is capable of inflaming religious passions, hatred, and sectarian division if carried through.
HURIWA has warned Nigerians to boycott that APC or any other political party that wants to force same religion ticket on a heterogeneous and multi religious country like Nigeria.
