Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the Senate Chief Whip, has stated that with the emergence of former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu as the APC presidential candidate, the party has no choice but to field a Muslim running mate.
Kalu, who supports the ruling party’s planned Muslim-Muslim ticket, also claimed that if the party considers any other aspect and abandons the notion, it will struggle to win the presidential election.
“if we don’t play the Muslim-Muslim ticket, it’ll be tough for us to win the election because the only thing left for Ahmed Tinubu today is to play a Muslim-Muslim ticket,” Uzor-Kalu remarked to the media at the National Assembly.
Furthermore, Uzor-Kalu assured Christians that there was no need to be concerned because Tinubu’s wife is a pastor who would always put the people’s interests first.
“If I were in Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s shoes, my wife a Pentecostal Church Pastor,” he stated. I’m going to pick a Muslim-Muslim ticket. The most crucial thing for the party to achieve is victory. Let’s put an end to this religious nonsense.
Whether you put a Christian there or not, if we win, the wife is already a pastor, and they’ve been married for almost 40 years.
This is a fact. So no one is to blame; Tinubu’s wife is already like a deputy president. I’m expressing my viewpoint. I am a devout Catholic.
He went on to say that it wasn’t about a person’s religion, but rather their conscience, and, more significantly, the party’s ability to win.
“However, depending on the situation, you can also play Christian Christian tickets.” Because if we don’t run on the Muslim-Muslim ticket, we’ll be in danger, and winning the election will be difficult because Ahmed Tinubu’s only option today is to run on the Muslim-Muslim ticket.
I understand that the Catholic secretary at the church where I attend is not happy about this, but what is wrong with a Muslim-Muslim ticket? There isn’t anything wrong with it in my opinion.
There’s nothing wrong with a Christian-Christian ticket as long as it’s in good shape. We are currently in a situation where we are unable to play minorities.
“Tinubu is a minority Muslim from the South; if you put a minority from the North in place of Tinubu, the minority will not be able to get it.”
It’s a challenge. What I’m saying is my own position, not the position of my political party. “This is the position of Orji Kalu.”
Let me tell you something: at my house, my wife is the genuine head of the house.
Even the males who are here, now that their spouses aren’t here, are in charge. If I wear this outfit, my wife will tell me, “My love, this outfit is not appropriate; please remove it.”
Your wife will tell you that you must eat Akara and Akamu, and no matter how much you disagree with her, you must eat those Akara and Akamu.
“Christians feel relaxed and calm because Tinubu’s wife is a pastor, and once she becomes a pastor, we are safe because she is not a housewife.”
“She knows a lot about politics,” he remarked.
