Tinubu-Shettima: Senator Abbo Speaks On Dumping APC Over Muslim-Muslim Ticket

Senator Cliff Elisha Abbo (APC-Adamawa North) has said he is not planning to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu’s decision to pick Kashim Shettima as his running mate.

Recall that Abbo had announced his resignation from Tinubu Support Organisation over the controversial Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the party.

The lawmaker had said his conscience would not allow him to campaign for the APC presidential candidate and his running mate.

Speaking to Arise TV over his displeasure with the decision, Abbo said he does not have plans to leave the APC.

“At this point now, I’m not leaving the party for anybody. We will remain in the APC and clean APC of this rot. I believe in the power of one man. I believe in the voice of one man,” he said.

He said despite supporting Tinubu in the past, he cannot remain loyal to  a “government that breaks its own constitution.”

Abbo said, “You can’t be loyal to a government that breaks its own constitution. I’ve been one of the fighters, even before he came out, that he (Tinubu) wanted to contest for this office.

“We knew he would contest, so we have been in the movement. We pushed him to the point where he won the primary election. His first act as a candidate of the party was to be against the constitution. How do you command loyalty from people you’ve thrown away?”

”The truth is he didn’t consult anyone. There was no consultation. What he did was, they had made up their mind from the beginning that they would bring in Shettima as vice-presidential candidate of the APC. So, at the time they placed the placeholder person, they were only buying time so they would go and meet one or two people and probably bribe them.

“In 2015, Bola Ahmed Tinubu wanted to be Buhari’s running mate, but Buhari rejected it. Because Buhari knew deeply that a Muslim-Muslim ticket was problematic. Buhari is a soldier. He understands the importance of national unity. Buhari can’t do anything that will jeopardize the unity of Nigeria,” Abbo added.