APC Must Be Made To Pay For The Consequences Of Their Extreme Lack Of Thoughtfulness – Segun Showunmi

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Showunmi, has faulted the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu for picking a Muslim as his running mate.

Naija News earlier reported that Tinubu, on Sunday after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State confirmed Senator Shettima as his running mate.

Reacting to this, Showunmi questioned if the APC intends to play only to the numbers of advantage without care for national unity and harmony.

Showunmi said the ruling party has made its choice and must be made to pay for the consequence of their extreme lack of thoughtfulness.

According to Showunmi, APC needs to lose the 2023 election to enable them to get the message that parties that balance their ticket do to Inspire national cohesion.

He said: “A nation that is almost evenly divided between the major faiths of Christianity and Islam must work very hard not to give the impression that the sensitivity to diversity does not matter!

“Shall we now assume that the APC intends to play only to the numbers advantage without care for national unity and harmony by their share insensitivity to what’s going on in the country?

“APC has made a choice, now they must be made to pay for the consequences of their extreme lack of thoughtfulness.

“What do they think they are doing? No, they need to lose so that they get the message that parties that balance their tickets do so to inspire national cohesion.

“May the people of goodwill who love our national diversity punish APC for this decision.

“Failing this we may become a nation that tilts dangerously towards one of the faiths.

“Antioch, where Paul the Apostle wrote, is now known as Antakya, losing all of its original ideology.

“Nigeria is a secular state and all things must be done to protect its secularity”