Even
by Nigerian standards, it is not everyday that one sees a national
politician openly campaign on the basis of religion and when he is being
recorded and beamed live on television. It hardly ever happens.
But in the last three weeks, that has been the default rhetoric of Nigeria’s number two citizen, vice president Namadi Sambo.
In several states in the North, whenever
the VP gets on the stage to speak, he talks about how he is a devout
Muslim who has sponsored so many to Mecca. Recently, he has taken to
telling his audience that whereas Buhari was the only major Muslim in
the APC end, Pres. Jonathan is the only major Christian in the PDP side
of things, which means that the PDP is the party that is most suited to
cater to the needs of Northerners.
In the video below from the campaign of
the PDP in Niger state today, the vice president, who spoke in Hausa,
told the crowd that the APC’s national chairman, John Oyegun, is a
Christian; its DG of the campaign, Rotimi Amaechi is also a Christian;
and its running mate, Yemi Osinbajo is a pastor and Christian.
Truly amazing that the VP would try to win votes and incite the crowd using such rhetoric.
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