Shettima says goodwill messages pouring in from Christians
Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress Party ( APC), says he has received tonnes of goodwill messages from Christians despite opposition to the same-faith ticket.
The decision of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt a Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead of next year’s presidential poll has continued to generate controversy.
In his acceptance speech after his unveiling Wednesday, Shettima said of the ticket, “If this were an unpopular option, as the cast of partisan provocateurs has attempted to paint, there wouldn’t have been the tonnes of goodwill messages, especially from distinguished Christians, from all over the country.”
“About thirty years ago, Nigerians from both sides of the Niger, came together to market the ideals of a ticket like ours. They overlooked the pedestrian attempts to politicize the religious affiliations of the presidential candidate and running mate, and yielded to the message of hope; and the manifesto of prosperity promised them.
“I’m sincerely proud of the rational citizens, who view this, as nothing but a pragmatic permutation, to defeat our opponents at the polls, and based on acknowledgment and implementation of the candid perspectives of our Christian brothers and sisters in the APC, who, like us, are bound by the passion for us to retain power, in order to deepen the delivery of unifying and transformative governance, to Nigerians.”
