By TINA TIMOTHY

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has prayed that Boko Haram, terrorists and insurgents, their sponsors and sympathizers not win the 2023 elections because they do not mean well for Nigeria and Nigerians.

In a press statement, on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, the courageous and sagacious legal practitioner made this entreaty as he outlined what he called “The Grave Implications of APC Muslim-Muslim Ticket,” stating among others things that it is a hidden agenda, showing lack of consideration for unity and plurality, wanting power at all costs, incompetent to manage a complex nation like Nigeria with diverse interests, different tongues and tribes and consisting of different faiths, etc.

In his words: “Others don’t matter. Shows absence of consideration for unity and plurality.

“Desperation and over-ambition. We just want power at all costs and we don’t care what others think or do.

“We can win the elections without you, especially by other means other than by open ballot.

“It is a cruel affirmation of supposed superiority complex. That only one region determines electoral victory. That the presidential candidate of the APC is not acceptable to Northern Muslims.

“It is an indication of a hidden agenda. The spirit of Hope 93 died with MKO and those who betrayed him and his mandate. May Boko Haram, terrorists and insurgents, their sponsors and sympathizers not win the 2023 elections.

“That Nigeria is not a secular state but rather being ruled to satisfy certain religious tendencies.

“That the APC has absolute control of the electoral system and thus electoral victory may not be determined through free, fair and credible elections.

“That certain political tendencies and interests do not trust others to accommodate them if they are entrusted with power whereas they have been in power and accommodated by others.

“That the APC presidential candidate has no mind of his own and he will be unable to defend the unity of Nigeria in crucial moments of decision making.

“That the APC is incompetent to manage a complex nation like Nigeria with diverse interests, different tongues and tribes and consisting of different faiths.”