As the 2023 elections draw near, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has described the choice of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to pick Kashim Shettima as his running mate as a “terrible choice”.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Adegboruwa also criticised Tinubu’s decision as “insensitive”.
For the first time since the historic 1993 presidential election with Moshood Abiola and Babagana Kingibe on the ticket of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a mainstream Nigerian political party would be fielding a same-faith ticket.
Many consider this a risky move for the APC given the religious sensitivities, but Tinubu has probably done their calculations.
“It is a terrible choice, in one million ways!!!” Adegboruwa said in a statement.
“Nigerians, whether Muslims, Christians, Traditionalists, etc, should reject APC with their votes come 2023.
“A Muslim-Muslim ticket in present-day Nigeria is fuel for Boko Haram, incentive for ISWAP and a call for more terrorists.
“Unless of course those parading the ticket are themselves complicit.
“There is no better way to insult our sensibilities.
“I pray it is not true.”
