Following the criticism that has trailed the choice of Kashim Shettima as Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, a former deputy national publicity secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena has said that the opposition has no moral grounds to criticise the choice.
Nabena accused the People’s Democratic Party of attempting to pull wool over the face of Nigerians by distracting them from its earlier sin of zoning its presidential ticket to a northerner, despite knowing that the current president is also a northerner.
“I remember that when Action Congress of Nigeria fielded two Muslims, Nuhu Ribadu and Fola Adeola in 2011, there was no cry by the opposition because the ticket stood no chance of winning.
“I believe Nigerians should be more worried about the reasons the PDP jettisoned the conventional power rotation between the North and the South, instead of Muslim-Muslim ticket.
“How fair is it that we are agitating for fairness and equity to share power between Christians and Muslims while completely ignoring and alienating our African Traditional Worshippers?
“Nigeria should worry more about the zoning arrangement which the PDP has just killed for their selfish interest and desperation of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, because for Atiku, it is the last chance which will become one-chance for him by 2023,” he said.
