The Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, has lashed out at the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to field candidates of Muslim-Muslim faith in Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, respectively, for the 2023 presidential polls.
He asserted that the decision was a plot to islamise Nigeria strtessing that if the decision was forced down on Nigerians, the religious and social discrimination and open public enforcement of the Sharia Law will be implemented in some parts of Nigeria.
The cleric who made these comments at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) in Abuja, appreciated the barrage of negative reactions that followed the APC decision and asked Nigerians to reject the move using their votes when the time comes in 2023.
‘Nigeria as we know it will cease to exist, and those who say that it does not matter must be prepared to fight the terrorists who would want to take it beyond your so-called civilized understanding. We must get it clear that because of religious and ideological differences, we may be using the same words and terminology but our understanding and perceptions are never the same.
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‘The activities for the general elections of 2023 are picking up. There is need for strengthening and striating out the internal democracy in the political parties. The more worrisome is the insensitivity and display of impunity by political leaders, especially in the two prominent big parties.
‘A situation where the ruling party, the APC, is not considerate to the religious sensitivities of the citizens of this nation is to deliberately hurt a cross section of citizens. For the Christians, it is an affront that shows that what is most feared is being done.’
The Anglican Primate, however, suggested a political merger between northern and southern-based political parties across tribal, religious, and ideological divides, having good connectivity at the grassroots and the youths, describing it as a game changer in the 2023 elections.