All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has reassured Nigerians that he is not a religious fanatic and he has never supported extremism of any kind.
He also accused Peoples Democratic Party of dividing Nigerians along religious lines.
Buhari who was represented by the vice presidential candidate of the APC, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at an inter-faith engagement in Kaduna, said, “And they have succeeded in making some of us victims of the tales which they invent, propagate and sell as gospel truth to gullible listeners; while it is all nothing but tissues of lies.”
“I would like to solemnly declare that in spite of what detractors say, I am not a religious fanatic of any sort and I have never been.
“In all my life, I have never supported extremism of any kind, and nowhere in my record of service to our nation can this false toga, which political traducers have tried so hard to put on me, be substantiated
“Let me state this categorically that, I, Muhammadu Buhari, as an individual, and as a president, if given the opportunity to serve, have no personal religious agenda. And will not entertain, consider or promote the religious agenda of anyone.
“I will not condone any initiative that seeks to promote one religion over the other. Neither I, nor my party, or any member of my team has any desire or plan to Islamise or Christianise Nigeria or support anyone with such intention.”
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