2023: Northern Group Kicks Against Muslim-Muslim Presidential Ticket

A North-East political group in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Concerned APC Stakeholders of the Northeast Region, has warned the ruling party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, against picking a Northern Muslim as his running mate.

The group warned that the minority Northern Christians should not be underrated.

This caution was given by the leader of the group, Mathias Danima, at a press conference in Bauchi.

According to Danima, with commitment, Northern Christians could do more than their Muslim counterparts, adding that  those clamouring for a Muslim-Muslim ticket are enemies of not only Tinubu but also the ruling party.

According to the group: “Going down the memory lane, when in 2014 Muhammadu Buhari emerged as the presidential flag bearer of the APC, the issue of running mate from the South was amicably resolved when Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu named (Prof Yemi) Osinbajo in place of his humble self to balance the equation rather than having the Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“With commitment, the Northern Christian minority can do even more than their Muslim counterparts. The minority should not be underrated.

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“Once Tinubu concludes for a Muslim-Muslim ticket, the opposition will start singing songs of victory and that should never happen during our time,”