A member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu has guaranteed that no Nigerian would be marginalized based on religious affiliation if the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is elected.
He also predicted that Christians in the north would not vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.
Okechukwu, who is the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), spoke on assertions on Sunday in Abuja while answering questions from journalists.
While reacting to outrage over APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket, the VON boss expressed optimism that whatever marginalization Northern Christians have suffered, they would suffer no more if Tinubu wins.
He said: “Our first slogan in APC is changed. Our mantra is changing. We will not remain static, never. We will change whatever is not working. All we ask Nigerians is to give us another 8 years as you gave our sister political party, the PDP.”
“Regarding the Northern Christians”s outrage over APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket; if any pundit thinks they will vote for Atiku, my answer is ‘Capital No’. No matter what, they know he is bringing nothing new to the table.
“Find out, Northern Christians do not trust Atiku. They know his cherry-picking antics as per rule of law and rotation convention. They also know his ambivalence on religion, as demonstrated in the late Deborah’s imbroglio in Sokoto, which is still fresh in the mind of every Christian.”
