He noted that they were disturbed by the negative signals from some political parties that had decided to create a political gimmick called the “Muslim-Muslim” ticket.
“This is the time for us to rise up in faith and not time to mourn. The church must be prayerful and cautious and have to think from the inside,” the governor said.
“Why today Tinubu is not the vice-president of Nigeria is the same reason he cannot be president.”
Nigerians have a longstanding habit of voting along ethno-religious lines, with clerics and emirs, …wielding a strong influence among illiterate and impoverished masses.
She said that the country, in no distant time, would also witness Christian-Christian ticket.
The ruling party’s presidential candidate has repeatedly avoided taking direct questions on the campaign trail.
He urged Nigerians not to be wooed because the country is not under a religious theology.
An Islamic group, Muslim League for Accountability (MULAC), has advised Nigerians to vote for competent leaders and eschew primordial sentiments.
Bishops Forum of the Northern States (PBFNS) in Nigeria is led by Archbishop John Praise of Dominion Chapel International Church, Abuja.
Mr Sanwo-Olu reminded Nigerians that the Nuhu Ribadu-Fola Adeola presidential candidacy in 2011 was a Muslim-Muslim ticket and did not raise an eyebrow.
