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Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Those Criticising Me Wanted VP Slot -Tinubu

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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday disclosed that his choice of Muslim-Muslim ticket was condemned by a set of people because they were lobbying for the party’s vice presidential slot.

Tinubu, who spoke during an interactive session with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Abuja, led by Archbishop Daniel Ukoh, his refusal to make his “friends” the vice presidential candidate of the party, was what birthed the condemnation.

Tinubu’s choice of Shettima, a fellow muslim, as a running mate sparked different reactions from several individuals and groups.

Among the critics of the Muslim-Muslim ticket was Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and close ally of Tinubu, who described the decision as “a disastrous error.’’

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Also, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who was opposed to the idea, asked Christians in Nigeria not to waste their votes on the APC candidate in the 2023 election.

Reacting to claims that he plans to Islamise Nigeria with his choice of Shettima as running mate, the former Lagos governor said, “People have reacted harshly to my selection. They are because they are my friends, they lobbied me and wanted to be my running mate but I bluntly rejected them. The rumour that this is some plot to suppress the Christian community is untrue and unfortunate. I don’t have that kind of agenda. The bucks stop on my table, not on the vice- president’s table unless so delegated. He cannot even forgive convicted inmates if I don’t delegate the power to him. What is the vice- president?

‘’I can no more suppress the Christians of this nation than I can suppress the Christians in my own household, my very family. I dare not contest the presidential position in my house because I will lose, they are all Christians. If I did not Islamise my family, I cannot Islamise Nigeria.  It is awful to hear such allegations. We cannot make progress if we continue to follow that path in the country. Religions will not help us. It won’t do any good to us.”

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