Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a former presidential aspirant and a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress has cautioned that Nigerians including opinion moulders should not allow religion to further divide the country.
This caution was given by Olawepo-HaOlawepo-Hashim while reacting to the controversies surrounding the choice by the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2023 elections.
Olawepo-Hashim, a presidential candidate of the Trust Party in the 2019 elections, issued the warning on Wednesday in a statement titled: ‘2023: No need to divide the country over religion, insensitive politicians would be punished.’
According to him, the political aspiration of anybody does not worth the disruption of the unity and peace of Nigeria.
He said, “Anyone, who loves his or her party, and loves Nigeria must ensure that their parties do the right things.
“Buying up delegates at the party conventions is the cheapest thing to do, the general election is a different ball game. National Security is at stake, not just anything will pass.”
The APC chieftain also called on the President Muhammadu Buhari, to live up to his promise that the next election would be free and fair, adding that “it is time for our elections to be the true measurement of the will of our people, that is the only way to make democracy deliver result.”
“All of us must come to terms with the fact that this is going to be an electronic transmission of results from the polling unit and scope for manipulation is limited,” he emphasised.
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