Religious Leaders comprising of Islamic Clerics and Bishops numbering about one hundred, Thursday visited the National Headquarters of the Labour Party and asked Nigerians to reject the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
Addressing members of the National Working Committee (NWC) led by the National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure, Sheikh Muhammad Murtala Muhammad, leader of the Islamic delegation, said they rejected the Muslim /Muslim ticket of the APC because it does not engender peace and unity in a secular society like Nigeria.
He therefore called on Christians and Muslims alike to join hands together to vote for “those that are ready and prepared to take Nigeria out of the present situation”.
In his speech, Archbishop Leonard Bature Kawas, Leader of the Christian delegation, said it was unfair for Atiku to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari another Muslim northerner after spending eight years as president.
He disclosed that the only balance ticket going into the 2023 general elections is the Labour Party ticket of Peter Obi and Datti Baba Ahmed, appealing to Nigerians to queue behind the party to rescue the country from its current woes.
Addressing the religious leaders, National Chairman of Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure, said “We are under attack, our followers are under attack, we are appealing to Nigerians, religious leaders to pray for us. Initially they said we had no structure, now they have seen that human beings are the structure, they did not initially take us serious, today in their closet, it is Labour Party they are discussing.
“We are getting information that they are going to fight us, they have designated some states that they are going to fight our members. They have been invading the homes of some of our members in Lagos, they have attacked our people in Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Enugu and several other states. That is why we are calling for prayers because we know the time of God has come, the time of the People has come.”
