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TINUBU’S VISIT TO ROME, INSULT TO CHRISTIANITY – EX-SGF
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal has again raised concerns about the Muslim-Muslim ticket of President Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima.
Speaking on Arise Television on Wednesday, May 21, Lawal said that the President’s visit to the Vatican City for Pope Leo’s inauguration is an insult to Christianity.
He, however, stated that the president’s visit is not a big deal but an arrangement that was made possible with the help of lobbyists.
The former SGF noted that with a Christian vice president, the arrangement would have been different for the benefit of Nigerians.
“You know that going to see the Pope is just a matter of how well you can lobby, or how many friends you have there in the Vatican that can make it happen for you. So it is not as if it is a major achievement to visit the Pope on his inauguration, it can be arranged in advance by lobbyists with the correct inducement.
“So Bola Tinubu going to visit the Pope is a non-issue. In fact, it reinforces my earlier belief that the Muslim-Muslim ticket is an insult to Christianity. If We had a Christian as a Vice President, it is all expected that he would be the one to represent the government lobbyists
“But now in Nigeria, we have the so-called Muslim visiting the Pope and leading a delegation of eminent Catholics to the Vatican. So it proves the fact that a Muslim-Muslim ticket is an unfair arrangement,” Lawal stated.
From inception, Lawal has been among Nigerian leaders who spoke against the Muslim-Muslim ticket championed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) prior to the 2023 election.
Lawal had argued that having Tinubu and Shettima on the same ticket would be unfair to Nigeria’s Christian population.
