By Ghazali Ibrahim
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has claimed that most Christian communities engaged by the ruling party are comfortable with President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 election.
Yilwatda made the claim during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, November 9, insisting that Christians’ fears of religious marginalisation under the same-faith presidency had been addressed.
However, his assertion contrasts with previously documented positions of some Christian organisations, including the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), which rejected the Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2027 election, and the Christian Social Movement of Nigeria, which urged Christians to oppose the arrangement.
The contrasting positions raise questions about how broadly the APC’s consultations represent the views of Nigeria’s Christian population.
