Tinubu needs Muslim running mate to win 2023 election, says Senate Chief Whip, Kalu

The Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, should subscribe to a Muslim-Muslim ticket agenda in 2023.

The former Governor of Abia State said the party needs one single faith ticket to win the 2023 presidential election.

He opened up that it would be difficult for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to win the presidential election if he does not choose a Muslim running mate.

While addressing journalists at the National Assembly, the Senate Chief Whip revealed that the party will find it difficult to win if it does not subscribe to a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

According to Orji Kalu: “If I were in Bola Tinubu’s shoes, I would go for a Muslim-Muslim ticket; the most important thing is for the party to win. This is Orji Kalu’s opinion, and I’m saying you can also play the Christian Christian ticket depending on the scenario because if we don’t play Muslim-Muslim, we are in trouble. It will be most difficult to win the election because the only thing left for Tinubu is to play Muslim-Muslim.

“I know the church I go to, the Catholic, may condemn this, but I don’t see anything wrong in a Muslim-Muslim ticket, just like there is nothing wrong in a Christian-Christian ticket also; it only depends on the condition.

“The condition we find ourselves in today is that you can’t play two minorities. Tinubu is a minority Muslim from the South, and if you put a Christian, it’s a minority Christian from the North. We can’t play two minorities; it’s difficult.”