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2023 Election: I Can't Islamize Nigeria Because I haven't Done That in My Family

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The candidate of the ruling party in the forthcoming general election; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria yesterday and assured them that he is not on the path to Islamize the country.

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He said his choice of a Muslim running mate is not based on religious basis but on political calculation.

He said:

I can no more suppress the Christians of this nation than I can suppress the Christians in my own household, my very family. You all know my wife is Christian and a pastor. My children are Christians. I can no more disown them and their choice of faith than I can disown myself. As a husband and father to Christian wife and children, hearing such allegations is hurtful."

When I hear the allegation that I want to Islamize nigeria when I cannot islamize my house

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