Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Action Of Bishops, Pathetic, Disgraceful – Bishop Adeoye

Bishop Seun Adeoye has described the presence of some 'Bishops' and 'Pastors' at the unveiling of Senator Kashim Shettima as Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s running mate in the forthcoming presidential election as disgraceful and pathetic.

Bishop Adeoye, who is the spokesman of the World Bishops’ Council (WBC) in Africa also described the scene where the ministers of God garbed in the holy garments were seen scrambling for recognition in the midst of the crowd at the event in Abuja as shameful.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) had warned political parties against presenting a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election.

This call has been ignored by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, a Muslim, who picked Shettima, another Muslim as his deputy.

The clergyman in a statement made available to journalists in Osogbo on Thursday wondered what type of Christianity the bishops and pastors who attended the programme practised.

“We need to know who the men of God who attended this event are, their churches and where they are coming from and if indeed they are genuine ministers of the gospel.

“We need to know too maybe those garments were rented to be put on by those we saw in the pictures as an indication that Christians are in support of the Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“And if indeed they were real men of God as they claimed, then it is disgusting, disgraceful and pathetic for them to have disobeyed CAN.

"We know quite well that some are in the Church ministries because of the gods of their bellies.

“Nobody should take those men seriously. We need to be reminded of Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus Christ for a mere 30 pieces of silver. 

"So, for them to have shunned the Christian body is an indication of who they are.

“Nigerians should not take them seriously. And we must just conclude that they are at the event at a cost. To me, they are fake men of God.

"We should understand that a Muslim-Muslim ticket is dangerous for a country like Nigeria," the statement read.