VP Osinbajo Faults Tinubu Over Muslim-Muslim Ticket
Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has faulted the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s choice of the former Governor of Senator Kashim Shettima as the vice presidential candidate.
In his reaction on the Muslim-Muslim ticket, Osibanjo spoke against the development, saying that such an adoption would not augur well for the party and the nation.
It was gathered that Osinbajo had in the past, stood against the adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the purpose of fairness and objectivity.
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A presidential sources said, “Professor Osinbajo is opposed to this thing announced on Sunday, and his objections are well known both to the party and even the flagbearer himself.
“The VP opposed a Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2014 even before what later turned out as his own eventual nomination as VP.
“The VP explained the logic, fairness and justice of a balanced ticket is unassailable.
“The argument that merit should be considered above a Muslim- Christian balance presents a false choice. It is not one or the other. You can get all the merit you want in a balanced ticket.
“The VP said anything short of a balanced ticket creates a needless tension and further aggravates some of the country’s fault-lines. But a balanced ticket certainly sends a positive signal,” he said.