Dr William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, says he will neither recommend nor disqualify any political party ahead of the 2023 polls for choosing to have a Muslim – Muslim ticket.
The presidential flag bearer for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had in July picked Senator Kashim Shettima, a former Borno State Governor as his running mate in the 2023 general elections. Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State is a Muslim from the South West while Shettima, who is of the same faith is from the North-East. The choice of Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate has elicited widespread criticisms with fears that Christians in the country might be polarised.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday at the Danbaba Suntai Airport in Jalingo, Taraba State, Kumuyi said only God can tell who the best leader will be and capable of ruling Nigeria. He stated that humans cannot pre-empt God, thus should allow God to fulfill his purpose as citizens make their choices.
Kumuyi declared: “I don’t want to get into recommending or disqualifying anyone. All we do is pray that God would give us the best leader and the best president in our country.
“He knows who and He knows what everyone would do when they get there. And God does his work in such a mysterious way that we cannot pre-empt him and say this is what will happen if this person comes in.
“But we know how God fulfilled his purpose through Nebuchadnezzar and through all the people that ruled in Bible times. And they were not all people that were on this side of the fence or theology.
“We want to leave everything in the hands of God and allow the Nigerian citizens to choose the people that would rule our country by democratically voting.”