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Muslim-Muslim ticket: Southern President, More Important Than Religion- Akeredolu Tells Christians

AFNews Reporter

Sep 12, 2022

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"Now it has come to the South-West, will I now throw the baby away with the bathwater? Can I, in all honesty, do it? Should I, in all honesty, do it?

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"We call it a matter of coincidence. It is a matter of conscience. All of us are here, why don't we look at it from one angle. The buck stops on the table of the President. Do we have a capable hand who can manage the affairs if given the opportunity? Do you have a man who is bold enough to challenge incursion into our land? That is it.

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"All of us here have lived together for years and we didn't allow religion to bring fight among us. We have Muslims in our families and there is no fight. We have many leaders in Yoruba land who have both Muslims and Christians in their families and there is no fight.

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"So, we want to appeal to our people that this is our time. I want to appeal to all our senior Pastors and General Overseers to help talk to their followers. We politicians can only do little. This is our time, please don't be angry.ÔÇØ

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Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress and his running mate Kashim Shettima are both Muslims from the South-West and North-East respectively.

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