Adams Oshiomhole has accused some Christian chieftains of spearheading the opposition against the ex-Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu in the build-up to the 2023 election.
Oshiomhole told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, August 04, 2022, that Nigeria’s challenges are beyond religion.
The Edo ex-governor described the position of critics of the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate as blackmail.
“Those leading the campaign in the APC family – if they were such believers in Christianity – had the opportunity to canvass for votes for one of the Christian candidates.
“But they were on record as having led the campaign on the side of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, knowing very well that he is a Muslim,” he claimed.
“The issues we have to spend time discussing is what will any of the presidential candidates do differently, not what will a Christian or Muslim do,” he said.
Oshiomhole also faulted claims that Christians were being persecuted, saying there was no evidence of such.
“I don’t think they bothered to show the evidence and yet we have not just a Christian Vice-President, we have a pastor, a senior advocate”, he stressed.
The former All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman said the criticisms against the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket were unfortunate.
