The Northern Young Professionals for Tinubu & Shettima have implored Nigerians to be wary of ethnic and religious leaders who they alledged to be dividing the country with their comments.
It said former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and other members of the forum are on a self-serving mission when they formally adopted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, as their candidate for the 2023 general election.
The Yakubu Dogara-led Christian leaders had last week adopted Atiku Abubakar as their presidential candidate, saying the decision followed the resolve of the northern Christian leaders to work with their Muslim counterparts to adopt one of the presidential candidates.
Yakubu Dogara’s ally, who is also a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engineer David Babachir Lawal, is also reported to have defected to another party though that is not confirmed yet.
Both the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and Babachir Lawal, the Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation have both been anchoring their opposition to the candidature of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu due to what they said was the presentation of the same faith ticket by the party through the adoption of Former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, as his running mate.
Though observers have always said their opposition to the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima is only an expression of their selfish interest in thinking they would be considered for the Vice Presidential slot of the All Progressives Congress’s Presidential ticket.
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress has since his emergence as the candidate embarked on an extensive campaign and consultation both within and outside the Country.
The latest of such engagements has seen him visit the United Kingdom to speak at the Elite Chatham House Policy Centre where he spoke on the 2023 Elections with Security, the Economy, Free and Fair Elections and Infrastructure the cardinal points of discussion.
He also took in an interview appointment with the British Broadcasting Corporation in London.
