AGAINST the backdrop of widespread
speculations in the past few months that the
leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
might be toying with a joint Muslim ticket for the
2015 presidential election, former Head of State
and leading APC presidential aspirant, General
Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has declared that he
is not opposed to such an arrangement.
Buhari made his position on the matter known in
an interview with an online medium, The Cable,
at the weekend.
The APC presidential aspirant, who recalled that
he had opted for Christian running mates,
namely Chuba Okadigbo, Edwin Ume-Ezeoke and
Tunde Bakare, in previous shots at the
presidency in 2003, 2007 and 2011, respectively,
said there was nothing wrong in a Muslim-
Muslim ticket, adding that the 2015 elections are
not about religion.
According to him, “The question of this Muslim-
Muslim ticket, although it was a long way from
Abiola and Kingibe (in 1993), all the same, I have
not absolutely closed my mind to picking a
Christian or Muslim as running mate, if I get the
ticket.
“I firmly believe that Nigerians, having gone
through what they have gone through, realise it
is not a matter of religion, but a matter of
Nigeria.”
Buhari, who averred that the idea of stealing
from and short-changing people in the name of
religion was the preserve of those he called
political confusionists, observed that Nigerians
elected the late Chief MKO Abiola and Baba Gana
Kingibe as president and vice-president
respectively during the 1993 presidential
election, even though both were Muslims.
He said: “Why did Nigerians line up and elect
Abiola and Kingibe, both Muslims?
“The late Joseph Tarka, in a clearly Roman
Catholic environment, brought Ibrahim Imam
from Borno, to his constituency to represent
Tivland in the Northern House of Assembly in
1961.
“This new phenomenon of religion is another
blackmail political confusionists in Nigeria are
bringing to the fore. I will tell you something.
Tinubu’s wife is a Christian, Governor Fashola’s
wife is a Christian, Governor Amosun’s wife is a
Christian, Bisi Akande’s wife is a Christian and
Governor Ajimobi’s wife is a Christian.
“For goodness sake, the children of these
political leaders in Nigeria were bred and
brought up by Christian mothers.
“You think those people, wherever they
participate, they will bring a religious issue?
What kind of people are we? Nigerians will
always bring something to cause confusion,
while we are trying to stabilise the system.”

Source: tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/19727-nothing-wrong-with-muslim-muslim-ticket-buhari

Things just getting twisted daily.
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I voted for a Christian presido in 2011. I didn't enjoy him.
If I change my mind & try my luck with a muslim president in 2015. Even if that Muslim president comes with a muslim vice president.
All I want is good governance.
Last Bullet
In 2015, neither GEJ from PDP or Buhari & Atiku from APC can do Nigeria well.
We are in trouble cos the country presently lacked credible aspirants. All I see is those old thieves