Adams Oshiomole, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), claims that some of the Nigerians opposing his party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket are on trial for corruption.
There has been outrage since APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu chose Muslim Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. The Christian Association of Nigeria has rejected the ticket, claiming that it is a disservice to Nigerian Christians.
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In response to the backlash, Oshiomhole, speaking on Arise TV this morning, called the critics “Christians by mouth and devils by heart” and accused them of inciting religious violence. He went on to say that Tinubu has demonstrated religious tolerance by being married to a “Christian wife for about 40 years.”
“This country has survived religious wars. Even people who are on record of being prosecuted for misappropriating money that a Muslim governor appropriated in favour of Christian children who were displaced. They are now the new voice of Christianity.
So we must distinguish between Christian by mouth and devil by heart who wants to see Nigeria engulfed in a war that nobody can win. Asiwaju [Tinubu] has a Christian wife of about 40 years and is happily married. Is that not an example of what the nation should be?”
