With less than four months to the 2015 general election, former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned against a Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket for elective positions, saying the idea might pose a danger to the country.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State southwest Nigeria, Obasanjo said the country, at this stage in history, should not raise the spectre and fear of Islamisation or Christianisation.
According to Obasanjo, sensitivity is a necessary ingredient for enhancement of peace, security and stability at this point in the political discourse and arrangement for Nigeria and for encouraging confidence and trust.
The former President said Nigeria cannot at this stage raise the spectre and fear of Islamisation or Christianisation. The idea of proselytisation in any form is a grave danger that must not be contemplated by any serious-minded politician at this delicate situation in Nigeria, as this time is different from any other time.
He warned that it will be insensitive to the point of absurdity for any leader or any political party to be toying with Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket at this juncture.
"Therefore, disregarding the fact that there are fears that need to be allayed at this point will amount not only to insensitivity of the highest order, but will also amount to very bad politics indeed," Obasanjo said.
Obasanjo's statement was in apparent response to the alleged plan by Nigeria's main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to field a muslim-muslim ticket against the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 general elections.
A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, had on Saturday, in an interview, said there was nothing wrong in the muslim-muslim ticket, contending that he was not opposed to the idea.
Source: Channels TV
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