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2015 Elections: Northern Nigerian Christians Say No To Muslim President
Oct 9, 2012 – 2015 Elections: Northern Nigerian Christians Say No To Muslim President
In the upcoming 2015 elections preparations, Nigerian Christians leaders in Kaduna said they’ll do everything possible to prevent the emergence of a Muslim president from the North simply because the region had produced Muslim presidents since year 1960. naijagists.com
The group identified as NOSCEF, Northern States Christian Elders Forum said they would do everything humanly possible to ensure a Christian wins 2015 elections in Nigeria.
In a statement during an emergency meeting in Kaduna, the group’s chairman, Evangelist Mathew Owojaiye and secretary General, Iliya Yusuf said: “The region had had enough of Muslim national leaders since independence to the disadvantage of the Christian community.
The group said General Yakubu Gowon was the only Christian president that emerged from the north and those democratically elected were Muslims who received supports from Christians.
In a statement, here are the past Muslims Presidents who emerged from the North:
- General Muhammadu Buhari
- General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida
- General Sani Abacha
- General Abdulsalami Abubakar
- Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
- General Yakubu Gowon (now Christian)
- General Murtala Mohammed
- 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,” said the group.
Do you support them?
Erobome Gabriel Ikalegbe
October 9, 2012 at 2:42 PM
I support d motion.
Odoh Thomas
October 9, 2012 at 2:54 PM
This is a bold step in the right direction. May God help us to achieve this.
Kelechi Shedrack Nwoke
October 9, 2012 at 3:25 PM
this fools where them dey since when dem dey cheat the east everytime north as a whole don spoil this country I rather a ghanian to lead than any body from the north christian or muslim.
Edith
October 9, 2012 at 4:39 PM
Nigeria need to grow and stop this tribalism of sectionising Nigeria.Either North,South, West or East,we need person who has reforms and development to lead and not person from a particular zone in Nigeria. Nigeria will never have peace as long Nigeria is playing our politics on ethnical and religious line.Religion is not important to rule. So please help me talk to the christain northerners that muslim leaders have been better than christain leaders or can’t they evaluate?
spicyP
October 11, 2012 at 9:25 AM
@Edith God bless you. You have said it all I pray this sink in the heart of all
naomi
October 9, 2012 at 5:21 PM
I support them big time nd may God See us tru.
OBINNA
October 9, 2012 at 6:49 PM
|I support the motion
Bally
October 9, 2012 at 8:59 PM
Northern christian are fooled
saintpaul
October 9, 2012 at 9:01 PM
that is a good one there.
Rick Mae
October 10, 2012 at 12:52 PM
i think dt’s a gd decision… If d muslim ppl sy no 2,then they divide d country… Y must boko haram kep on killin d xtians lik chickens?
Ali Maiduguri
October 10, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Or Nigerins!! This time the concerne is not only zoning but rather religion bases. Why not the good person from anywhere and any religion?
Yunusa
October 11, 2012 at 1:10 PM
D truth is dat after christain role den muslim shold role ok. I soport dis.
ABDUL
October 12, 2012 at 6:55 AM
This is sad to read and hard to believe, with the effort in kaduna you guys still post this to the public which will spark the brain of individual. are you relly doing this for the christains? or you are been push to do so?
muhammed
October 22, 2012 at 5:27 AM
As par as am cousine been MUSULIM or CRISTAIN if you will rule this COUNTRY fine with JUSTICE, SECURITY, and ECONOMIC STABILITY may ALLAH help you Ami.
B D Akula kumo.
December 4, 2012 at 7:40 AM
Let Nigeria be one, keep sentiment of religion aside.
janet ogenyi
December 8, 2012 at 12:01 AM
I will support with my prayers
Shehu abdullahi saleh
September 18, 2013 at 12:21 AM
People are fools sometimes, since nigerian ware occuppied or combined and have already A mixed of christian muslim peganism and many more religion in nigeria and in official speech A nigeria leader can be from any of the religion listed above or otherwise not none of the above, could we remember that nigeria ware exceptional? Since we are that then why not kepping ourself unviolence all the time or who can tell me the percentage of people died as a result of crisis in the regin of (Gen muhammadu buhari or Gen sani abacha or Gen murtala muhammed or Gen babangida or Gen or Abdullsalami abubakar?=no because they ware A leaders to say about. but a leader might be a christian or a muslim our demand is great among the rest either christian or muslim and now that the northern christian are commencing that A christian from the northern nigeria must have be the president of nigeria in 2015 prsidential election, what if not then? That’s they mean something in their mind which may at the end became a spurse to the citizens of nigerian which unfavourable to you and us pls we should remain unviolece pls.