A pressure group, Nigeria Democracy Defence Watch has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to wade in and stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Sen Bola Tinubu, its presidential candidate against presenting a Muslim/Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential election.
The group made the appeal in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari titled: “APC’s Muslim/Muslim Ticket in Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: A Threat to National Stability, Regional Peace and Security’”.
The letter which was signed by Alhaji Ahmed Adamu and Otunba Adeniji Adegoke, the group’s National Coordinator and National Secretary, was made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja.
The letter according to the group, is copied to all heads of democratic and security institutions as well as other international concerns.
It said a Muslim-Muslim ticket would not only be a threat to national stability, but could also retard the country’s peace and security.
The group said presenting such a ticket as being proposed by the APC, would portray Nigeria as an Islamic and a sectarian nation.
This, it said, would be ultimately resisted by the country’s millions of practising Christians, moderate and progressive Muslims and civic groups.
It added that ethno-cultural associations and enlightened members of the international communities could also protest such a ticket.
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