Northern APC Christian leaders divided over presidential candidates

There were warning signs on Thursday that Northern Christian leaders of the All Progressives Congress were divided over the endorsement of presidential candidates.

There have been reports on Wednesday that a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, endorsed the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar.

But on Thursday, Lawal, in a statement, denied the file, announcing he become helping the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

However, different individuals of the group in a assertion in Abuja, stated even though the former SGF became their chairman, he recommended Obi in his personal potential.

The assertion turned into signed by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Simon Achuba; Albert Atiwurcha; Prof. Doknan Sheni; Mela A. Nunge (SAN); Gen. Ishaya Bauka (retd.); Prof. Ibrahim Haruna and Mrs Leah Olusiyi.

The declaration study in part, “We desire to country that essential consultations were concluded and based on obviously unassailable empirical facts, the institution is poised to undertake a role in an effort to be made acknowledged to the public at an interfaith event to be held very quickly.

“Suffice it to mention that nobody inside the organization, along with the chairman, has been mandated to talk to the general public approximately our position at this fabric time.

“Based on our modus operandi, our position turned into supposed to be provided to the overall public on the occasion above mentioned. That has now not modified.

“Consequently, the choice to propose a selected candidate and the statement credited to the chairman are entirely the selection and perspectives of the chairman which he is genuinely entitled to, but no longer that of the group.

“We desire this declaration clears all the queries most people had been inundated with in this all important issue count.”