Pressure mounts on Tinubu to replace Shettima

No fewer than 200 youth demonstrated against the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket on Friday at the Unity Fountain and the Villa in Abuja on Friday.

The youth from the north-central asked the ruling party to replace the APC running mate Kashim Shettima with a Christian.

The demonstrators, under the aegis of the North Central Progressives Youths chanted solidarity songs, and carried placards with inscriptions like: ‘APC presidential ticket must be for all faith’, ‘Shettima must go now, all Christians say no to Islamisation of APC presidential ticket’, ‘Tinubu and Shettima must do the needful, it is our constitutional right’, and ‘Don’t destroy the unity of Nigeria’, among others.

The President of the NCPY, Musa Attah, who said Tinubu is a “man loved and adored by Nigerians,” but his only obstacle to getting victory in the 2023 presidential election would be his running mate.

He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on Tinubu to replace Shettima with a Christian for the good of the party and Nigeria.

 “Mr President, on numerous occasions you have promised to bequeath a democratic system imbued with workable institutional structures that will stand the test of time. True to your word, the nation’s electoral system has been revolutionized,’ he said.

“Your footprints will never be forgotten in the area of infrastructure. The fact that there’s still a country called Nigeria is due to your resilience despite the mirage of security challenges.

“We are also coping with the global economic crisis. Meanwhile, the trial of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation and many others has proven your zero tolerance for corruption. There are no sacred cows.”