The clamor of voices, for and against, the all-Muslim ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) resumed to heat the polity yesterday ahead of September 28, when presidential campaigns are predicted to start, officially for the 2023 general elections.?
Expectedly, the Muslim-Muslim ticket has captivated a barrage of uproar, leading to the exit of key members from the APC.?
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In sharp disagreement with the selection of former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, as running mate to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a former governorship candidate of the party in Rivers State and close supporter of the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Prince Tonye Princewill, yesterday, ditched the party, to compound the woes that have befallen the party in Rivers, which has seen more chieftains continue to exit.?
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Tonye, in his resignation letter addressed to the Chairman of APC, Ward 3 (Royal Ward) in Buguma city of Asari Toru Council, said he could not uphold the decision of his party to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket against public clamor by well-meaning Nigerians.?
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“I can’t argue for equity in my state and maintain inequity in my country,” Tonye said, adding that under such a situation that the country finds itself currently, he could not continue to stay in a party that is “totally insensitive”, adding that even if APC wins next year’s election, it “will demonstrate bad for good governance.”?