Atiku’s campaign slams politicians who advocate for religious balancing

Daniel Bwala, the spokesman for the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has criticised politicians for their support of Senator Godswill Akpabio’s bid to become the next President of the Senate and their advocacy for religious tolerance within the political system.

Bwala stated that the politicians who support the appointment of a Christian to the position of Senate President are the same ones who attacked him when he voiced his opposition to the All Progressives Congress (APC) running a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 elections.

In a tweet posted via his Twitter handle on Monday, the PDP chieftain claimed that he had been vindicated because the same politicians who previously stated that religious balancing does not matter for the Presidency now believe that it matters now for the Senate Presidency.

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His words were as follows: “As I listen to politicians today (from the highest to the lowest) vehemently advocating for my good friend Sen Godswill Akpabio’s bid for the presidency and making the strong points for religious balancing in the polity, I take solace in the fact that it was these same politicians across both religions that vilified me at the time for taking a principled stand in that regard; they said it didn’t matter then, but it matters now.”

“I was right all along. But the answer to the question of whether or not they have waited too long to argue their point will be revealed tomorrow.

This statement was made by Bwala just a few hours after Vice President Kashim Shettima stated that the current political structure of the nation required the emergence of a southern Christian and a northern Muslim as the fairest balance to promote inclusivity at the centre.

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On Sunday, he made this statement during a meeting with senators who were campaigning for Senator Akpabio and Senator Barau Jibrin to emerge victorious in the race for leadership of the 10th Senate.