The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle has said the next President should be a Christian from the South.
According to him though CAN has no candidate for the Presidency, it will not accept a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Ayokunle said: “Even if the constitution is silent on the six geopolitical zones rotational representation, the political parties should be wise enough to make use of it in sharing the leadership positions.
“We have warned all political parties against fielding either Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian Presidential candidates. Since President Muhammadu Buhari is a Muslim from the North, in the interest of equity, fairness, social justice and cohesion, the next President should be a Christian from the South.”
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Ayokunle spoke on Tuesday evening in an interactive session with some Christian leaders and European Union Delegation led by the EU Chief Election Observer, Ms. Maria Arena on a mission to the country from 1-5 March in preparation for the coming general election observation.
The EU Delegation wanted to know the position of CAN on the preparation of all the stakeholders, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies, and the political parties.
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