Anthony Iwuoma
Confusion has engulfed northern Christian members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as some notable distanced themselves from the endorsement of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi.
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, had in a statement said Christians in the North had thrown their weight behind Obi and shunned the APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, because of his choice of a fellow Muslim as running mate.
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However, the group led by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said there was no time such a decision to endorse Obi was taken, adding that it was purely Lawal’s personal decision.
In a statement jointly signed by Dogara, Simon Achuba, Albert Atiwurcha, Prof Doknan Sheni, Mela Nunge (SAN), Gen. Ishaya Bauka (rtd), Prof Ibrahim Haruna, and Mrs Leah Olusiyi, the group dismissed Obi’s endorsement, adding it had not disclosed the candidate it would support in the 2023 presidential election.
“We want to draw the attention of the general public to the recent position canvassed by our Chairman, B.D Lawal as the position of our group,” the statement read.
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“We wish to state that necessary consultations have been concluded, and based on manifestly unassailable empirical data, the group is poised to adopt a position which will be made known to the public at an interfaith event to be held very soon.
“Suffice to say that no one in the group, including the chairman, has been mandated to speak to the public about our position at this material time. Based on our modus operandi, our position was meant to be presented to the general public at the event referred to above. That has not changed.”
