The ACN had requested a working arrangement with the CPC leadership, which would have paved the way for the two parties to adopt Buhari as their presidential candidate. The move was conveyed through fiery Lagos-based pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, Tunde Bakare, who led a delegation to the former Head of State.

But after a series of meetings held to solemnize the arrangement, Sunday Sun learnt that Buhari and the CPC leadership asked to be left out when it got to issue of who becomes the running mate to the former Head of State. Much as the CPC presidential aspirant would have loved the arrangement, close sources revealed to our correspondent that the choice of the former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, as the running mate did not sit well with Buhari.

Buhari reportedly told the meeting that he could not run for the Presidency on a Muslim/Muslim ticket because it would work against him. When reminded of the late Moshood Abiola and Babagana Kingibe Muslim/Muslim ticket for the aborted June 12, 1993 presidential election, which the duo won with a landslide victory on the platform of defunct Social Democratic Party, Buhari was said to have told them that the situation in 2011 would be different from what obtained in 1993.

Sunday Sun sources further informed that Buhari explained that he was already seen as a religious bigot, which he said his detractors threw up because of his principled stand on some issues and that for him to run for the election on a Muslim/Muslim ticket would mean giving his opponents something to latch on to during the campaigns.


The ACN had mooted the idea of adopting Buhari as its presidential candidate despite the entry of the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and the former Sokot State Governor, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, into the party and declaring their interest in the presidency on the platform of the ACN.
Source:Sunday sun http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/nov/14/national-14-11-2010-002.htm




Oga Tinubu, you’re one of the few politicians I hold in high esteem in this dispensation just for one reason; if not for you, there wouldn’t have been an opposition party in Nigeria. But I don’t know why you are bent on becoming the vice president of Nigeria on a muslim/muslim ticket, cos it worked in 1993 does not mean it will work now.
Every student of history knows that the late Sir Ahmadu bello, as the leader of NPC, was supposed to be Prime minister of Nigeria, but he sent Tafawa Balewa. As  the leader of Action congress of Nigeria ACN, I think Tinubu should shop for a good vice presidential candidate from the East or South-South to be Buhari’s running mate instead of presenting himself.
what's your take on this.

Well what i can see is that Tinubu has not presented himself But Tunde Bakare did. If we have credible candidate it is good, some one like Tunde Bakare will be good for Vice.