Peradventure the All Progressives Congress (APC) settles for the Mohammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu presidency, the party would fail woefully in the coming 2015 presidential election.
A former Minister of Aviation and member of the party, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, who gave the warning yesterday in a reaction to the alleged Buhari-Tinubu ticket which translates to Muslim-Muslim ticket, said: "If we do that, we will not only offend the Christian community but we will also loose the election woefully."
The Controversial former minister, who said he had noted it in several political meetings of the party, reiterated that such move would amount to "the biggest mistake that my party, the APC, can make is to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2015 Presidential election."
He noted that Nigeria had gone past the 1993 era when the MKO Abiola and Alhaji Babagana Kingibe ticket received massive support from Nigerians, irrespective of religious divide.
A former Minister of Aviation and member of the party, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, who gave the warning yesterday in a reaction to the alleged Buhari-Tinubu ticket which translates to Muslim-Muslim ticket, said: "If we do that, we will not only offend the Christian community but we will also loose the election woefully."
The Controversial former minister, who said he had noted it in several political meetings of the party, reiterated that such move would amount to "the biggest mistake that my party, the APC, can make is to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2015 Presidential election."
He noted that Nigeria had gone past the 1993 era when the MKO Abiola and Alhaji Babagana Kingibe ticket received massive support from Nigerians, irrespective of religious divide.
"Whether we like it or not, we must accept the fact that religion plays a major role in our politics today. Our party must have both a Christian and a Muslim on the ticket if we want to be taken seriously in the presidential election. A THISDAY extract.
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