The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah has reacted to the decision by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to present a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election.
According to him, the decision was teamwork-based on the calculation of what would work for the party.
In a statement he personally signed on Monday which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York Kuka pointed out that the decision by the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu to pick Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate should not be a thing to worry about.
Recall that Asiwaju on Sunday, announced the former Borno State Governor as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
The development has continued to generate reactions from concerned Nigerians who argued that a Christian Northerner should have been picked in place of Shettima.
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However, Kuka, while reacting to the controversy, asserted that those angered by the development should support other candidates they feel are better.
The statement reads, ‘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.’
Africa Today News, New York reports that many Nigerians have continued to react to the decision of the APC to go Muslim-Muslim.