Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Buhari’s Former Aide Sends Message To Tinubu

Bashir Ahmad, former media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, has adviced the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, on alleged plan to pick a Muslim Northerner as his running mate for the 2023 election.

Bashir told Tinubu that majority of Nigerians will have no issue if he picks a competent Muslim as his running mate.

Reports have had it that Tinubu, who won the presidential primary of APC last week Wednesday, is considering Picking a Muslim as his running mate, leading to mixed-reaction among Nigerians.

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Speaking on the issue, Bashir said: “Dear Asiwaju, what matters the most is the competency of the person you are going to choose as your deputy, if he/she is a Nigerian with the capacity to help you achieve your great plans for this country, I am sure majority won’t bother whether he/she is a Christian or Muslim.

“I am not blindly supporting or pushing for a Muslim/Muslim or Christian/Christian tickets, but consciously know that either of the two will definitely help us to reduce or even get rid of the politics that is solely based on religious prejudice in this country. It helped Kaduna,”

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