‘Direct insult to Christians’ — Vatsa knocks Tinubu’s Muslim-Muslim ticket for 2027

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa, has criticised the reported determination to clasp Vice President Kashim Shettima arsenic President Bola Tinubu’s moving mate for the 2027 statesmanlike election, informing that Christians volition not enactment different Muslim-Muslim ticket.

Vatsa described the determination arsenic “a nonstop insult” to the Christian community, saying it was politically insensitive and could outgo the ruling enactment Christian votes.

In a connection issued successful Minna on Saturday, the erstwhile Niger State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism said the circumstances that justified the same-faith summons successful 2023 nary longer existed.

“I deliberation this is simply a grievous mistake by the APC. It is highly insensitive,” helium said.

According to him, those down the determination “did not mean well” for the President oregon the party.

“With the existent concern successful the state and the concerns implicit the information of Christians, cipher expected the President to repetition this arrangement,” Vatsa said.

He argued that the APC would conflict to person Christians to enactment its summons successful 2027, particularly if different governmental parties tract ...