Hundreds of demonstrators on Wednesday morning stormed the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress to register their grievance over the position of the party on the contentious Muslim-Muslim ticket.

The protest took place almost at the same time the leadership of the APC was unveiling former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, as the running mate of its Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua in Abuja.

The demonstration, which was led by a few party members under the aegis of APC Hausa-Fulani Youth Forum, saw the delegation arrive the Secretariat in six luxury buses and few cars, raising different banners and chanting solidarity songs.

Some of the banners read ‘A cry for justice’, ‘Drop Shettima and give slot to our Christian brothers’, ‘Discrimination and mutual suspicion in our country’ among others.

Speaking to our correspondent, Convener of Forum, Abdullahi Bilal Mohamadu declared that they will not stop protesting until the party do the right.

On why the demonstrators took to protest on a day the party is presenting his vice presidential candidate, Mohammadu stated that it was a deliberate act to tender their grievances and ensure it reaches the appropriate authorities.

In a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and made available to The PUNCH, Mohammadu stated that they saw the selection of Senator Kashim Shettima as an aberration that should be corrected immediately by the leadership of the party.

The letter read, “We write to your good office in light of the prevailing circumstances arising from the decision of our Presidential candidate to select a Northern Muslim as his vice presidential candidate.

“While it must be stated that there is a right to make decisions, however, such decisions must not be made to the collective detriment of the sensibilities of the people that make up the country of Nigeria especially at a time of mutual suspicion amongst the Christians and Muslims in the northern part of the country.

“As concerned stakeholders of the APC and those who constitute the voting strength of our party , we find it worrisome that such a decision could be taken without recourse to its implication on the electoral chances of the party and the attendant uproar such a decision could bring about in the country.

“In our opinion, this is insensitive and a gross display of a lack of respect for our Christian brothers and sisters especially the Middle Belt minority who have given all their best to us as one northern Nigeria. Picking another Muslim from the north eastern part of the country as his running mate is politically and morally indefensible.

“In Northern Nigeria, there are credible candidates with rich credentials and with massive grassroots following that can complement the presidential ticket of the APC in the presidential elections. As such, the Hausa – Fulani Youths Forum sees the selection of Senator Kashim Shettima as an aberration that should be corrected with immediate effect by the relevant authorities within the party.

“The implication of non-action in this regard can only be imagined, so much so that the majority of the eligible voters in Northern Nigeria have elected to boycott the APC in protest of the disrespect and disregard to our Northern Christian brothers , whose population and relevance in the scheme of things in the region cannot be overemphasized.

“If our party is desirous of recording electoral success in the 2023 presidential elections, it must retrace its steps by selecting a Christian from the Middle Belt as its vice presidential candidate. The party must not be perceived as promoting a religious agenda by fielding a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“We consequently say no to a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the APC. We call on President Muhammadu Buhari to kindly intervene to save the party from an electoral crisis. We urge Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to emulate the example of President Muhammadu Buhari in the choice of his running mate in the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections.

“Our Christian brothers and sisters deserve a place in the scheme of things, and our party must not be seen as a religiously insensitive party. The time to act is now.”

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Apc don die na internal civil war Dem still dey battle

Don't finish tilumbu kpatapata, give we Nigerians the opportunity to finish his leaking ynash from where osun people stopped

Paid protesters

igbotormentor:
Paid protesters

store this salty tears for container

We go use am cook beans for hell anus

God bless all the protester and there sponsor.

igbotormentor:
Paid protesters

e pain am well we'll.
You either prove that they are paid or you for ever shut the fu*k up

I have a feeling that they were sponsored by Atiku.

More confusion in their camp !

May the Lord remove anything APC in our national lives just as he removed them in Osun !!!

May He unite all Nigerians hearts against them at all levels, before, during and after the elections !!!

May they ( APC ) not survive beyond 2023 !

May the Lord raise for us a new leader, the Restorer and Rebuilder of all that APC has destroyed in Jesus name.

May anything APC and Buhari never happen to Nigeria again in Jesus name !!!

Amennnnn !!!

igbotormentor:
Paid protesters

Dear, smell the coffee !

Apc is going down with Buhari in 2023, MM ticket will not save its demise !

Samunique:
Dear, smell the coffee !

Apc is going down with Buhari in 2023, MM ticket will not save its demise !

I don't care as long as Peter Obi did not win election

The sane people left in that Godforsaken party should live now.
APC is a cursed party

Honjoshy4u:
The sane people left in that Godforsaken party should live now.
APC is a cursed party

APC and PDP era will be over in the next presidential elections in Nigeria .

igbotormentor:
Paid protesters

Also, paid bishops attended the demonic muslim muslim ticket assembly

The reign of the drug lord is coming to an end. A productive Nigeria under peter obi will see his likes in the dustbin of history.

Tinubu has already lost this election no doubt

Lalasticlala

Whoever advised Tinubu on Muslim/Muslim ticket never wished him well.
The impending failure is going to be so loud.

Tinubu have already fail

U

NaijaRoyalty:
Tinubu has already lost this election no doubt

Lalasticlala