Politics
Shettima backs APC’s choice of Akpabio, Barau
The nomination of Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau as President and Deputy President of the Senate, respectively, will assure stability in Nigeria, according to the vice president-elect Kashim Shettima, who also accepted the APC’s leadership zoning plan for the 10th National Assembly.
When visiting him in Abuja on Wednesday with “over 70” senators-elect, Akpabio and Barau received the endorsement from Shettima.
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Shettima, who is a serving member of the Senate, stated that “politics shouldn’t be a means of disuniting our people, it should rather be a means of uniting us.”
He added, “The President-elect and the Vice President-elect are both Muslims. It is in the interest of the stability and unity of this country that the next position be given to the Christian faith. If not, it would further validate the alleged Islamisation agenda of the APC-led administration
“It would be perceived as a gratuitous insult to our Christian brothers and sisters who stuck out their necks to support us. That was why I was quite pleased with the choice of the party leadership that my uncommon brother and leader, in the person of Senator Godswill Akpabio, should be the number three citizen of this country.
“The stability of this nation is much more important than whatever political considerations we may think of. We need to have a stable and united nation before we can talk about politics and positions. This is what our leader could do to unite this country in the current circumstances.”
