Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the seven states of the North-West geo-political region are set to lobby the party’s presidential flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider picking his running mate from the zone.

The leaders took this decision on Thursday in Kaduna after a crucial meeting which has in attendance all the APC governors, gubernatorial candidates in next year’s general elections, ministers and party leaders from the states of the zone.

A statement by the APC National Vice Chairman (North-West), Dr. Salihu Lukman in Abuja revealed plans by the zone to engage the party’s flag bearer, with a view to clinching the Vice Presidential slot for the zone.

To this end, Lukman said the zone resolved to aggregate its interests and vital concerns and engage accordingly with the presidential candidate of the party.

According to the statement, “The meeting noted the contribution of the North-West to the emergence and growth of the APC and its electoral viability, with the North-West providing about 39% of the votes the APC recorded in the 2019 and 2015 presidential elections.

“Therefore, the zone resolved to aggregate its interests and vital concerns and engage accordingly with the presidential candidate of the party.”

The statement reads: “The meeting welcomed the initiative to commence this consultative meeting as vital for strengthening the APC in the North-West and improve leadership engagements and cohesion within the zone.

Participants received the zonal report from the National Vice Chairman (North-West) and reviewed the state of the party at the national level and within the zone. The zonal meeting welcomed the successful conclusion of primaries at the state and national levels. Participants acknowledged the challenges facing some state chapters of the party and resolved to promote efforts at reconciliation as an urgent priority.

“Participants requested the National Vice-Chairman (North-West) to ensure that the consultative meeting is sustained as a vital tool for cohesion within the party.

hopman98:
I think the north will deliver bloc votes for BAT if he picks a northern muslim gov as running mate but this will cost him southern nigerians votes, majorly christians. The country is in a delicate situation. I'm a muslim but a muslim muslim ticket is a time bomb, it'll further cause disunity and animosity

Fira09:
Muslim-Muslim ticket will drastically reduce TINUBU chance of winning the election......

Anyway on PETER OBI MANDATE WE STAND GIDIBAN.

Get your PVC.

#FCOBIDIENT

FlawlessKarl:



In a country that highly religious like Nigeria, it will height of insensitivity for Tinubu to pick a Muslim as a running mate.

A Muslim finishes his 8years as a president, a Muslim succeeded a Muslim and not just that, a Muslim become a Vice, shey na Islamic Republic we de like this bah? I don't want to reason this. But if this is what they're planning, God will not allow it to happened or the disintegration of this country is closer than how we foresee it.


By the way Vote PO2023.

LeoDeKing:

Peter Obi is your candidate, "Muslim-Muslim ticket will reduce Tinubu's chance of winning the election....."

I think this should be in your favour, why crying over it?

Or is it that you don't understand what you are saying?

Truthisunique2:


But would south west deliver same block votes for atiku?

This una half logic is something else

The president is the main position of authority, the north have it and have the Muslim sentiment also in atiku

Why would they now leave a dozen and go for half dozen, muslim Muslim is even a risk to them because south south the majority christians are already crying marginalization, if they team up with SE agitation, then North feeding bottle is threatened

hopman98:
I think the north will deliver bloc votes for BAT if he picks a northern muslim gov as running mate but this will cost him southern nigerians votes, majorly christians. The country is in a delicate situation. I'm a muslim but a muslim muslim ticket is a time bomb, it'll further cause disunity and animosity

LeoDeKing:

Bashir Tofa is a northerner
MKO Abiola is from South West

Block votes were delivered to MKO

So keep quiet.

Shinedu, Northerners can never vote Obi, let this sink.

juman:


Those christians that would vote pdp would not vote for tinubu even if he pick christian as running mate.
Most of them are traditionally pdp.
The five percent people are pdp followers.

Fira09:
Muslim-Muslim ticket will drastically reduce TINUBU chance of winning the election......

Anyway on PETER OBI MANDATE WE STAND GIDIBAN.

Get your PVC.

#FCOBIDIENT

AderonkeOlaniyi:
See the face of the useless bastard who said that the Nigerian government should recruit 50 million youths into the armed forces.

jkpbestseries:
power to the South is all i want to see!

jkpbestseries:
power to the South is all i want to see!