2023: ‘The Idea of Muslim-Muslim Ticket Is Barefaced Heartlessness By Political Elite’ — Adegboruwa SAN

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights Activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN has condemned attempts by the All Progressives Congress to field a Muslim-Muslim candidacy for the 2023 Presidential Elections.

In a statement made available to TheNigeriaLawyer, the Lawyer stated that “the audacity of such barefaced heartlessness beats any imagination”.

He questioned the rationale behind the idea in light of the provision of Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution.

He queried, “In the face of section 10 of the Constitution, where do we garner the banal courage to propagate a Muslim-Muslim ticket in this fractured entity? The audacity of such barefaced heartlessness beats any imagination. What could be the rationale? Superiority of faith? Enforcement of international conspiracies? A new form of Jihad? Or is it a matter of distrust for or supposed inferiority of South West Muslims? Or is it that the South West Muslim is not Muslim enough or Northern Christian not Northern enough?”

Adegboruwa blamed the politicians for trying to create frictions where there should be none in view of Nigeria’s religious diversity and polarity.

He said it is still the same elite, who throw up these bankrupt theories to create friction where there should be none noting that even if the Christian population were to be less than it is now, the liberal concept of freedom of religion and thought should weigh in to balance the power equation.

According to the Rights Activist, having had a Muslim at the helms of affairs for 8years, it would be insensitive to disregard the faith of other regions of the country in the nation’s political equation.

“A representative of the Muslim faith has been in the saddle since 2015, with little or no capacity to tame the monstrous incursion of the jihadists, who even descend on innocent Muslims without thought. And yet the statistics show that from the South-South to the South-East, there is an incontestable monopoly of faith across the land and some would have us believe that they do not matter.

In what way do we explain to those of them in Ondo, in Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States that they should continue to play second fiddle due to the recklessness of some power monsters who love to deploy religion as a tool for power retention. Just perish the thought altogether.”