Former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja, on Saturday, said that there was nothing wrong with fielding a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket during the 2023 general elections.
Speaking at his Bodija, Ibadan, residence shortly after the Eid-El-Kabir prayers, the former governor said the sentiment of the Muslim-Muslim ticket should not impede the election of leaders.
He urged Nigerians to keep praying for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, so that he would not be treated like the late acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, Bashorun Moshood Abiola.
Ladoja said, “There are many factors involved in electing a president. Whoever wants to be president and those working for him have to work very hard. They will need more prayers as they are consulting. With all these efforts, God has the final say on who becomes president. Chief MKO Abiola, who was a Muslim, was elected along with his vice, a Muslim.
“We only pray that if Tinubu wins, it should not be like that of the late MKO Chief Abiola. I don’t see anything wrong with a Muslim-Muslim ticket, because I don’t intervene in religious matters. Muslims and Christians are from the same father. Some people are following Ismail, while some are following Isaac, who is their brother. So, what is mine to be fighting for, one among them?
“It is only God that knows his servants, so why must we fight over religion? All religions, including traditional religion, preach love and good character. It is only politicians who usually cause crises with religion. If not for the crisis of killing in some parts of the country, we don’t usually think about the kind of religion someone is practising. But when gunmen started attacking churches and kidnapping clerics in Christendom, people started doubting their fellow brothers who belong to another religion. They are the cause of all these things. But God will intervene and make Nigeria peaceful again.”
