2023 presidency: Aide speaks on Tinubu picking Muslim as running-mate

Amid speculations that the All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, would be picking a Muslim running mate if he emerged the APC Presidential flag-bearer, his spokesman, Mr Tunde Rahman has said it was too early for such speculations.

Rahman said this in a text message to our correspondent on Thursday, when asked to respond to reports that Tinubu, a Muslim, would be picking a northern Muslim as his running mate.

The Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, Abdulmumin Jibrin, had said during an interview on Channels television that it did not matter if Tinubu picked a Muslim as his running mate, adding that Nigerians would choose competence over ethnic and religious considerations.

Jibrin argued that the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; and the Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase, are both Muslims, while in the 6th and 7th Senate, Senator David Mark and Ike Ekweremadu, who are both Christians, were the Senate President and Deputy Senate President, respectively.

He said, “For me, it doesn’t matter. If you bring a Christian-Christian presidency or a Muslim-Muslim presidency; for me, personally, it doesn’t matter. Even within the party and my TSG, we have had this conversation.”