But Kukah, who wanted to know if Muslims would accept a Christian-Christian presidential ticket, said Nigerians would wait to hear what they have to say when the campaign kick-starts soon.
Kukah, a repository of knowledge, might have skipped memory that people he, himself, would glowing praise their political nomenclature like Chief Obafemi Jeremaiah Obafemi Awolowo, whose running mate was a Christian and still predominantly Muslim parts of the North voted for him although he did not make it to the Presidency having lost the elections, Military Administration of General Yakubu Gowon with his deputy a Christian, consciously aware of by top hierarchy of the armed forces who were also largely Muslims but was fully supported to rule for nine years.
Whereas of 36 state governors of Nigeria, the Christians have 19 as against 17 who are Muslims and across the states of the South, Christian-Christian ticket permeates their political space but, especially in the South West, Muslims are in the majority still voted for the Christian-Christian joint tickets and have tolerated to be ruled by the Christians in power in the region without complaints.
Apparently shying away from such questions, Kukah said, “The question I have asked my friends who are Muslims, especially those who are from Northern Nigeria, a simple question: ‘Would Muslims in Nigeria or Northern Nigeria be ready to make the same concession that Christians made in 1984 and 1993?
“I think that as a Christian, this is totally reprehensible. It is not acceptable to me, but that is the decision of the APC as a party. Perhaps, when the campaign starts, we will hear what people have to say,” he said.
Stop promoting division, Media told
In the meantime, the Nigerian media have been advised to stop the divisive tactics of deliberately involving themselves anti-Muslim-Muslim ticket controversy and begin to ask questions, which unite Nigerians and make the country move forward.
