QUESTION: How will the APC presidential candidate and his running mate emerge? AMAECHI : Leave that assignment for God. Why are you bothering yourself about that? QUESTION Is it going to be by consensus? AMAECHI .. No. We have a process in place. We have a process whereby there would be primary. Is it the same process you aborted at your convention? We didn’t abort it. QUESTION But the Muslim tag is still on your party? AMAECHI Am I a Muslim? Is Chief Oyegun a Muslim? Is Timipre Sylva a Muslim? QUESTION: There are indications that the APC may be moving towards a Muslim/Muslim ticket? AMAECHI: Why don’t you wait? You want to be a prophet? QUESTION: At what point do you think there would be total reconciliation on the ethnic and religious politics as well as the division in the country? AMAECHI: It is not a thing that I can answer; it is the president that you should ask that question. Why is CAN moving from one place to other saying that they have been shown a document? Why do you pit hatred against Christians or against Muslims if you are a president or a governor? Then, when it is time for fasting, you’ll say you are fasting with Muslims or fasting with Christians? A leader must be ready to sacrifice his life for his country. And if I was the president of Nigeria, I would not because I want to win election split this country into two religious lines because one of the consequences of that would be that one day you would wake up and there is a religious war, which is worse than a civil war. When people say Muslim/Muslim ticket, I laugh. The reason I laugh is because the best Muslim, who may love all Christians for a Christian would not be better than a worst Christian in a position to a Christian. If you say you are a Christian now, this Muslim likes Christians, he supplied Christians with cars; he gave them foods. Let all the Muslims go and served in that position because of the emotional nature of religion; that Christian would prefer a very bad Christian to go and occupy that position than for that good Muslim. So because religion has that capacity to avoid reasoning, a president or a public officer like me should just keep away from inciting hate and preach love. So when you seek reconciliation, the president must first take the first step to reconcile the country because the level of division now is very high.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:36:56 +0000
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