Jostle for presidential running mate: APC stakeholders reject Muslim-Muslim tickets

Controversies over who becomes the running mate to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu rage on, with some national stakeholders insisting the purported Muslim-Muslim ticket on the party’s platform won’t work ahead of the 2023 general elections.

There have been arguments that the running mate billed to come from the north must be of the Christian faith, while some others have argued that for the APC to stand the chance of winning the 2023 presidential election, the running mate must be a Christian since the southern part of the country already produced a Muslim as the presidential candidate. 

‘Why it can’t work’

Warning the party against a Muslim-Muslim ticket, the APC Stakeholders Forum called on Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, not to listen to the advocates of a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the interest of national unity.

Addressing a press conference Monday evening in Abuja, the forum which comprises several…

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