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Mixed reactions as Tinubu visits Northern bishops

by Sam Adeniyi
September 23, 2022
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Mixed reactions have trailed the closed-door meeting between All Progressives Congress standard bearer, Bola Tinubu, and the Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria.

The social media handle of the former Lagos State governor who met with the PBFNS in Abuja was bombarded with mixed reactions by Netizens hours after sharing photos with the clerics.

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Christain Association of Nigeria and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria had pledged not to support the Muslim-Muslin ticket of the APC, saying it’s a spite of the Christian faith.

In a bid to pacify CAN and other Christian bodies in the nation, Tinubu reportedly hired some bishops to attend the unveiling of his vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima.

Reacting, CAN stated that Tinubu was free to “hire mechanics and other artisans and sew clerical garments for them”, the effort would only add to their many ropes but would not change the need for fairness and justice.

But during Thursday’s meeting, the APC national leader reportedly explained to the PBFNS delegation led by Archbishop John Praise of Dominion Chapel International Church his reason for selecting Shettima to the northern Christian bishops.

Tinubu stated that his selection of Shettima was not a deliberate attempt to spite the Christian community but a choice he had to make to give Nigerians good governance if he got elected.

He stated, “Earlier today at a lively, productive and amiable meeting with a delegation representing the Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria, we discussed important issues of national significance as well as my determination to deliver unity, harmony and lasting peace to Nigeria.”

The reactions to his social media posts were instantaneous. While some of his followers and party supporters hailed his action, critics trolled and lampooned him for attempting to pull another stunt on the Christian community.

On Facebook, an engineering graduate of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Ebenezer Arinze, pondered when the former governor had suddenly come to a desperate realisation that he needed to work with Christian leaders after settling for a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“Northern Christian leaders? How did they become so noticeable to a person who feels that the more than 50 per cent of the Nigerian population that is Christian can’t produce a worthy running mate?” he quipped.

But Founder of IntegerPlus TV, Jide Shopekan, hailed the move saying, “Las Las it’s all about interest. The best political strategist in the ring.”

On his Twitter page, an estate agent, Agaba Idu, warned that Tinubu’s continued romance with phoney preachers wouldn’t be seen as an endorsement by aggrieved Nigerians.

He said, “Tinubu leave fake Bishops. You won’t make any impact with this deceit. It’s a failed project.”

@PrinceLince stated, “You saw them but went and hired some fake Charlatans to attend the unveiling of your Boko Haram VP.

“Well, unfortunately for you, these people can never preach Muslim-Muslim ticket to their Congregation.”

But a software developer, Olowojaye Rufus, defended Tinubu’s position saying, “Being married to a pastor with Christian children, he is, to an average Muslim northerner, not a Muslim.

“If he picked a Christian running mate, that’d be an own goal — Atiku will milk it to destabilise him in APC’s strongholds in the North. Shettima was his safest choice.”

Another tweep, Daniel Onuoha, accused the APC candidate of religious bigotry through his choice of the same-faith ticket.

He stated “Fake bishops… You said Christians are not competent. Why do you need our incompetent votes?

“Muslim Muslim ticket is an insult to our faith… you should be ashamed of that choice but you even had the guts to enter a church…so shameless.”

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