The idea of the choice of a Muslim as running mate by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu continues to escalate as he visits the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
Reports say that Adeboye met with Tinubu on Sunday over the politician’s decision to settle for a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election.
Adeboye’s meeting with Tinubu took place on Sunday at the Redemption Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State.
The former Lagos State governor’s wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who is an assistant pastor with RCCG, alongside others, were also at the meeting.
A source told ThisDay that “Tinubu met Adeboye on Sunday. The meeting was very fruitful. Adeboye is not against Muslim-Muslim ticket.”
The National Leader of the APC announced the choice of former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, as his running mate after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at his Daura home in Katsina State.
Soon after news of the meeting between the respected cleric and the popular politician, many observers have taken to the micro-blogging platform, Twitter, to express their views.
@Vigour: “So Christians and pastors are important but he didn’t consider that when he chose his running mate. Any pastor, a Christian that will campaign or vote for Tinubu and Shettima doesn’t have sense.”
@IbharahE: “Me, I know papa Adebayo will just give him parable and leave. He will then pray for his family and ambition. But you see this election this church will speak and her voice will be heard. The church will not be silenced anymore
“Enough is enough!“
@Cryptogoodness1: “I heard that Tinubu and his ‘senior pastor’ wife went to discuss his M/M ticket on Sunday with Adeboye of RCCG and that the latter is not against the Muslim-Muslim ticket. I see a repeat of the 2015 betrayal of Christianity by this man and others like him. We are watching.”
@FmardB: “Asiwaju is doing the right thing by consulting leaders of the Christian Church community.”
@Sir_JayOfficial: “This is putting cart before the horse. He should have consulted widely before making his choice public. The major issue is the in-your-face way he went about it.”
@Samsonajisafe1: “Meeting Adeboye by Asiwaju is a welcome development and a wise step to take to assure the Christian community of a peaceful country after taking over come next year May.”
@Dablazematic: “Why is he now going to meet and beg Christian leaders since he said there is no competent Christian from the North to pick as his Vice Presidential candidate, his Candidacy is Dead on Arrival.
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