The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (APC Abia North ), has said the only path to victory for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is to pick a Muslim from the North as running mate.
Kalu made the declaration Wednesday at a media chat before plenary.
He said Tinubu, as a Muslim minority from the South, cannot afford to pick a Christian minority from the North.
“Election is about winning the votes where they are. A Muslim from the North will give Tinubu the required votes in the North,” he said.
The former Abia state governor further said Tinubu, being a very liberal minded statesman from the South with an ordained pastor as wife, needed a Muslim from the North for formidable combination.
“Christians should not be agitated about Muslim-Muslim ticket. I am a Catholic and do not see anything wrong with it for the purpose of winning election.
“Do you want me to speak the truth? If I am Bola Ahmed…
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