Kano State governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has issued a stern warning to the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal to be guided in commenting on religious issues.
The governor was reacting to Lawal’s terse opinion on the choice of the former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima as presidential running mate to Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
The ex-SGF had fingered Umar Ganduje and some northern All Progressives Congress chieftains for misleading Tinubu into nominating the former governor of Borno State, which Babachir Lawal believes would be the tragic beginning of the end of APC.
The development, Lawal insisted depicted ‘islamisation’ of Nigeria, which he said was once a ‘rumour’, but now a reality.
In his reaction on Wednesday, governor Ganduje assured that the Muslim-Muslim ticket would not in any way result in the neglect of Christians in Nigeria.
He told Babachir Lawal; Christian party members and the entire citizens “to be mindful of their utterances, especially on religious matters and support the APC for quality leadership that will deliver the country from its challenges.”
The expressed his trust in the Bola Tinubu presidency, saying that the administration, if voted into office will not islamise Nigeria in any way.
Ganduje stated that it was “unfortunate that at a time when the country need to be united for national development and religious tolerance, a man of Babachir’s stature, would spread ‘falsehood’ without much consideration to his position in the APC and closed relationship with Tinubu.”
