Muslim-Muslim ticket: Pope not angry with me for accepting Tinubu/Shettima campaign role – Lalong

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has disassociated himself from a group that staged a protest asking him to reject the job as Director General of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign organisation

He said Nigerians need to grow up from ethnic or religious sentiments, noting that he has already accepted the job and there was nothing anybody could do about it.

He said this when he met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, to thank him for approving the University of Jos as a national cancer centre.

He described himself as an ardent member of the Catholic faith adding that even the Pope is not angry with his decision to accept the job

According to the governor, the Pleateau State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) came to the Yakubu Gowon Airport, Jos, to welcome him after his appointment as the APC presidential campaign DG.

He stated that he is not sure why those who claim to be Christians are opposed to his appointment. The governor, who flayed some Christian leaders asking him to reject the appointment because of the condemnations that trailed the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket, said the selection was strictly a party affair and had nothing to do with religion