Fani Kayode says why he now supports APC

   Femi Fani-Kayode, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has defended the party's same-faith ticket, stating that Bola Tinubu chose it.

The former PDP stalwart acknowledged that no genuine Christian would approve of such a choice, but he said that after praying about it, there was nothing wrong with the decision.

Fani-Kayode claimed he was only against the APC because he was in the opposition PDP. He had previously spoken out against the APC and Tinubu and even gone so far as to accuse the ruling party of plotting to Islamize the nation on numerous occasions.

In an interview with Channels Television, Fani-Kayode claimed that after joining the APC, he found that a lot had changed and that Bola Tinubu's nomination as the party's presidential candidate had rendered the question of fulanization moot.

The vice presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima, was also defended by the APC chairman, who said that Shettima had built more churches in Borno State than any previous governor before him.

“My choice to speak for APC and Tinubu has nothing to do with morals. It’s a question of choice. It’s my choice. When I was in the PDP, I fought against those that were against my party. Now I’m no longer in the PDP and I’m in the APC, I’ll fight against those that are against my party,” Fani-Kayode said.

“That is my nature and I make these choices based on conviction and based on courage. The most important thing…the greatest danger to national unity and cohesion as far as I’m concerned…is a situation whereby power does not shift to the South after eight years of the Hausa/Fulani man ruling this country.

"And the APC has come up with a Southern candidate and that’s the most important thing. Now the choices that the Southern candidate makes are the choice he is comfortable with.

“Obviously, there are issues with the same faith ticket. There are issues with that. Any Christian that will tell you he is particularly happy with that then seriously speaking cannot be a real Christian.

“But as far as I’m concerned, it’s simply an issue of choice. The issue of Fulanization we talked about has been thrown out of the window because the party we accused of that has shifted power to the South. When I joined the APC, I realized that things have completely changed.

"A country where we have about 22 Christian governors, with the whole of South West all Christian Governors, tells you that this country cannot be Islamised and out party, the APC is not interested in that. We have reformed. We are moving forward.

Same faith ticket is a challenge, but we investigated it, I prayed about it, sought advice, and spoke to Kashim because the view has always been that it depends on who is the vice. It is not a matter of faith. It's all about the person. 

"I stared into his eyes and posed a lot of personal questions that I needed to be certified, and he certified me with his replies," I said after talking with Shettima for more than three hours. Since he has gained the trust of many Christians and has built more churches in Borno than any previous governor before him, the problem of Islamization is no longer an issue.

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