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Lalong Defends Tinubu/Shettima Muslim-Muslim Ticket Campaign DG Role, Says Pope Isn’t Angry

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has once again defended his acceptance of the job of Director General of the Tinubu/Shettima Muslim-Muslim ticket campaign organisation, disassociating himself from a group that staged a protest asking him to reject the appointment.

Lalong, who said he came to the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday to met with President Muhammadu Buhari, thanked him for approving University of Jos as a national Cancer Centre.

The Plateau State Governor said being an ardent member of the Catholic faith, even the Pope is not angry with his decision to accept the job of Tinubu/Shettima campaign organisation despite its being a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

He urged Nigerians to grow up from ethnic or religious sentiments, noting that he has already accepted the job and there was nothing anybody can do to dissuade him from performing his responsibilities.

A group, the Concern Christians on the Plateau (CCP) had last week staged a rally in Abuja where they called on him to reject the offer, threatening that the Plateau Christians will not support him in ‘the suspicious engagement or assignment.’

The group had also alleged that the APC rejected him for the position of Vice Presidential candidate based on incompetence, and now turned back to make him seek votes for the same party, saying that it is completely out of place.

But reacting to the allegations, Lalong, while fielding questions from State House Correspondents, said he never lobbied for the Vice President position in the first place.

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