Northern CAN Insists On Opposition To Muslim Ticket

The chairmen of the Christian Association of Nigeria (19 Northern States and Abuja) have vowed not to budge from their opposition to the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Northern Christian leaders restated their stance on Tuesday in a meeting in Abuja which was called by Yakubu Dogara, a former House of Representatives speaker, and Babachir Lawal, a former secretary to the government of the federation, both of whom are members of the APC.

Dogara later announced the meeting on his Twitter profile explaining that the purpose of the gathering of Christian leaders from the North and FCT was to choose a pan-Nigerian platform to support in the elections of 2023.

“#NigeriaDecides2023- The Fight for Justice Continues. Today, we held a Consultative Meeting with Christian Leaders From the 19 Northern States and the FCT on the pan-Nigerian platform to adopt in 2023,” he tweeted.

Confirming the meeting to journalists, the Chairman of CAN in Kaduna State, Joseph John Hayab, said, “The meeting was well attended in person by all the CAN chairmen from the North except Katsina state.

“We are saying it’s no going back on our stance against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC,”he added.

On which political party the Northern Christian leaders have decided to throw their weight behind, Hayab said, “We will meet with leading Christian politicians across party lines to consult with them before deciding on our next line of action.

“We will also wait for signals from our (CAN) national body. They will also point us to the way to go, but the Muslim-Muslim ticket is out of the equation.

“What we had expected from the APC was for them to call the Church together and explain themselves rather than hiring impostors to impersonate genuine Christian leaders,” he stated.