Jonathan Finally Addresses APC’s Muslim-Muslim Ticket

The former president of the federation, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has expressed concerns regarding the All Progressive Congress (APC) Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.

Speaking in an interview published in the book, ‘My Time As Chaplain In Aso Rock,” Jonathan noted he could not apply for the position of president any longer, as it will be diminishing to his personae.

Explaining further, he said currently, the only tasks he will accept are those that will help troubled African states restore democracy.

In his words, “Assuming there’s some confusion, and sometimes things like that happen in countries. So, they tell me to come and play a role in stabilising things; a stable democracy where one leader hands over to another is what we all want.

“Let us go through that process and not interrupt the democratic processes. We pray such things should not happen. Otherwise, to go and say I’m contesting on the platform of any party at all. No!”

In this stance, he argued that the nation’s same-faith presidential bid presented by the ruling party will create a lapse in the country’s religious diversity.

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He said,  “When I took over as the vice president, the tradition then was that if the President were a Christian, the Vice would be a Muslim and vice versa. We have religious festivals in Nigeria and, of course, National Day, where there will be Jummah prayers and Christian prayers.

“Nigerians are religious people, this is why I get worried about the issues of Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket. Yes, Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian can run the state. But I always ask, ‘who will represent this other bloc whenever we come to the national days that we celebrate?”