No evidence of Christians being persecuted in Nigeria — Oshiomhole

Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted claims that Christians in Nigeria were being persecuted.

He also tackled criticism against the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket, saying that Nigeria’s challenges are beyond religion.

Oshiomhole said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, adding that rather than talk about religion, Nigerians should discuss what each presidential candidate has for the country.

The former two-term governor of Edo said that even with a Christian-Muslim president ticket, Nigerians were still not satisfied.

“I don’t think they bothered to show the evidence and yet we have not just a Christian Vice-President, we have a pastor, a senior advocate.

“So if religion is the issue, I guess Nigeria will be Eldorado,’’ Oshiomhole said adding that CAN could not had been speaking for Northern Christians.