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Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomole has expressed his feelings on the issue of religion differences in the 2015 presidential election that it shouldn't be an issue in the country and blamed the politicians of using primordial sentiment as cover up.

He said this in an interview with Channels Television, an electronic news medium, which was aired on the Sunday.

Oshiomole noted that whether a Christian or Muslim-Muslim is going to lead the country shouldn't be Nigerians' burden but how we can create a good nation.

He said, "What is the meaning of Muslim-Muslim ticket? What is Christian-Christian ticket? And if it's an issue, why is it APC issue. The PDP are going to say because they have already adopted candidate even before their convention, so are we expecting Christian-Christian under the PDP platform? Is that an issue for PDP? Why does it matter in Nigeria? You know there are lot of idol people who want use religion as an instrument to invade accountability and that have been the problem of Africa."

"When leaders are beret of ideas, they fall back on primordial sentiment in order to shift themselves from accountability," he added.

The comrade governor also said, "When people steal money they have an idea of covering them up. When they fail in leadership, they make appeal to this sentiment. This is not going to take us anywhere. When nation fail, where Christian and Muslim promised, is it the problem of Nigeria religion? Is not.

"Whether a man goes to heaven or hell, how is that our burden? What is our burden is how can we create a country, then give every Nigerian a basis in leadership, where every young man who goes to school can acquire quality education, in a world that is knowledge breathing, in a digital world. Can we move on beyond primordial sentiment and begin to discuss issues of production, how we can stop importation of petrol and kerosene and repost our refinery back to work. How we can add values to our natural recourses. How we can produce graduates."

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticized the idea, saying that the era of Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket had gone.