2023: APC Muslim youths reject Tinubu-Shettima presidential ticket

The All Progressive Congress (APC) Muslim youths has rejected the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate to the All Progressive Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, expressing preference for a Christian political leader from the North to enhance the party’s fortunes ahead of the polls

This was according to a statement by the leader of the group, Abdullahi Saleh while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday evening. He stated that the APC must respect the religious diversity of the country as they called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu to replace Kashim Shettima

He said; “As concerned stakeholders of the APC in the 19 Northern States in the country, we find it worrisome that such a decision could be taken without recourse to its implication on the electoral chances of the party and the attendant uproar such a decision could bring about in the country.”

 “The 19 APC States Northern Muslims Forum sees the selection of Senator Kashim Shettima as an aberration that should be corrected with immediate effect by the relevant authorities within the party for the corporate existence of the country.”

He explained that “the implication of non-action in this regard can only be imagined, so much so that the majority of the eligible voters in Northern Nigeria have elected to boycott the APC in protest of the disrespect and disregard to Northern Christians, whose population and relevance in the scheme of things in the region cannot be overemphasized.”