by Kolapo Olapoju
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alarmed Nigerians over a supposed plot by politicians to share leaflets in mosques and churches, in order to create religious division ahead of the forthcoming general elections.
The party released a statement in Lagos on Thursday, February 19, through its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, who said the scheme is to use religion to divide Nigerians, in order to gain political advantage.
The statement said: “They are hoping that by further inflaming passion with the highly emotive issue of religion, they can revive their shrivelling political fortunes. That is why they have devised the latest strategy of pitching Christians against Muslims through the circulation of satanic leaflets. Nigerians should not be taken in by this cheap plot.”
“It must baffle every right thinking Nigerian what the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria stands to gain by his resort to base instincts. It is more baffling against the background of the fact that it was his party, the PDP, that first labelled our party, the APC, as a Muslim party.”
“Not even when the APC elected a Christian as its National Chairman, supported by many party officials who are also Christians, did they back off from their incautious claim. It did not occur to them that our party is more religiously diverse than they have sought to portray it to Nigerians,” the party said.
Furthermore, the APC statement said that while the main opposition party had been campaigning on pertinent and critical issues, the ruling party has been dabbling in negative and inciting campaigns of the most primitive kind.
“We ask Nigerians to disregard anyone peddling religion as a tool for securing votes in any part of the country. Faith is a personal thing to individuals and no responsible government will seek to use religion to divide the people,” the statement added.
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