A former National President, Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (YOWICAN) and Co-Chairman of Interfaith Coalition Conference, Engr. Daniel Kadzai has told Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State that it would amount to a betrayal of his Christian faith if he accepts the appointment to work as the Director-General of the Bola Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Council.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Presidential candidate, Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, unveiled Lalong as Director-General of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.
The Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, also named Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo as the spokesman of the campaign team.
The campaign team was also brought to the Presidential Villa Abuja, where Buhari met with them.
Speaking with DAILY POST at the weekend, Kadzai wondered why Lalong should belittle himself to accept the appointment to campaign for a party and a presidential candidate who rated him as incompetent to stand as presidential running mate and opted for a same faith ticket instead.
According to the former Christian youth leader, Lalong would not be allowed to campaign in churches or meet with Christian stakeholders if he accepts the appointment.
Furthermore, the Adamawa-born Christian leader hailed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for appointing a northern Christian, Barrister Daniel Bwala as the spokesman of his campaign organisation and another Christian, Dino Melaye as the spokesman.
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“When a political party is pushing candidates of the same faith on the basis that they’re using it as a strategy to win elections, then you should know that this party is trying to divide the country.
“And in a fragile nation like Nigeria where trust has long evaporated, where are we headed? We’re talking about agitations here and there and you’re now flying a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
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“We have condemned this and we’re celebrating our Christian brothers, who out of solidarity with their fellow Christians, dumped the APC over Muslim-Muslim ticket.
“We are calling on more Christians to leave that party. Leave the party and look for an alternative. Lalong should sit up. If they cannot find him competent enough to be the vice president that we have agitated and called for, there’s no need for him to come in as the Director-General of Tinubu’s campaign. ‘Monkey they work, bamboo dey chop’.
“He’ll now campaign for them to get our votes? We are passing this soft message to Lalong. In the interest of his faith, he should decline and let them go and look for one faithful northerner who’ll be their campaign DG.”
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