2023: Surely APC’ll pay dearly for party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket — Ahamba

Elder statesman and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ahamba, said that he could not hold back tears when he watched the Kaduna train victims being flogged by the terrorists recently.

Ahamba in this interview spoke on the likely effect of the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while baring his mind on other sundry issues bothering the nation such as insecurity, especially in his state, Imo.

Speaking on the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC presidential and vice candidates, he said, I don’t think they should make any headway because any group that has opportunity of leadership must consider the feelings of the people. In a civilised nation, those who live in a civilised environment, it could be, some decisions have come to the front burner by the wrong decisions of certain individuals, and they don’t gamble it because it would deepen the wound. So, in rational decision, it wouldn’t make any headway, that was why I said it would retire the political party.

He added that since Tinubu is a Muslim, he should have chosen a Christian. It’s an insult to Nigerians even to his fellow Muslims because if they have an agenda, they’re not involving every Muslim in that agenda. I think it was a wrong leadership decision and they would pay for it.

“The Muslims have their own association too, unless they come out in the open themselves, CAN should relieve itself from political campaign, there are politicians who are Christians, let them come out and speak for the Christians, not the CAN, it’s a religious organisation and the constitution is clear, religious bodies are not supposed to campaign for elections. So, CAN should remove itself from this fight, let the Christian politicians, particularly in APC do the fighting on behalf CAN and Christians.

On the lack of Igbo representation on the APC and PDP tickets and whether Ohanaeze has played its role properly, he said “things that are wrong should not be done, Ohanaeze has people in APC, PDP, Labour Party and others, I don’t believe that these umbrella organisation should step into the arena, if they don’t have any of their people who can speak their mind in the arena, then they don’t belong there, Ohanaeze cannot deny its children in other political parties, if Ohanaeze comes out spitting fire on behalf of their son in LP, what about their son in APC and PDP?  (Story adapted to Daily Sun)