As
preparations hit top gears for the 2015 elections, Northern Christian leaders
in Kaduna have vowed that they would do everything humanly possible to stop the
emergence of a Muslim president from the North since the region had produced
muslims leaders since 1960.
The group,
under the aegis of Northern States’ Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF), said they
would put all hands on deck to ensure a christian emerges winner in 2015.
NOSCEF in a
statement issued at the end of an emergency meeting in Kaduna and jointly
signed by its chairman, Evangelist Mathew Owojaiye and the secretary General,
Mr Iliya Yusuf, said: “The region had had enough of Muslim national leaders
since independence to the disadvantage of the Christian community.
They further
noted that among the heads of state and presidents produced by the Northern
region, only Gen. Yakubu Gowon was a Christian.
They
observed that even those that were democratically elected were Muslims with
much backups by the Christians.
The
statement listed the past leaders from the North to be Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa, General Yakubu Gowon, General Murtala Mohammed, Alhaji Shehu Shagari,
General Muhammadu Buhari, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, General Sani
Abacha, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua.
“You can see
that out of these nine persons, the Northern Christians produced only one; that
is, General Yakubu Gowon. If we are to consider elective presidents, we had
Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua.
“The Northern
Muslims have produced three elective presidents. The Christians from the North
have produced none. Justice, equity, fairness show that the next president of
Nigeria from the North must be a Christian. Nothing less than that should
happen,” the communique said.
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