'Tinubu Has Chosen His Running Mate' |READ DETAILS
Afnews Editor
Jul 10, 2022
Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has decided on his choice of running mate.
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A highly-competent source in the Tinubu Campaign Organisation who requested anonymity confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
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The source said Tinubu would make the name of the candidate public this week.
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"The vice-presidential nominee may most likely be a former governor and senator from the Northeast part of Nigeria.
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"The person is also by accident of birth a Muslim, confirming what Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State said on Saturday that Tinubu had settled for a Muslim-Muslim ticket,'' the source said.
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The source added that in picking the running mate, Tinubu was not thinking about religion, but about competence, exposure and intellectual depth of the candidate.
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"The considerations given for the choice of a running mate were dictated by the need to choose an individual capable of working with the presidential candidate to take Nigeria to greater heights,'' the source said.
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Tinubu is scheduled to pay Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina, on Sunday to brief him on his chosen running mate.
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The former two-term Lagos State governor won the APC's presidential ticket at the party's June 8 special national convention and presidential primary election.
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He earlier chose Ibrahim Kabiru Masari, as a placeholder for the vice-presidential slot.
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Tinubu was away in France from June 27 on a short vacation during which he held some strategic meetings. He returned to Nigeria on Saturday early enough for Sallah festivities. (NAN)
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