Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) would have to settle for a Muslim-Muslim ticket if it must retain the presidency in 2023.
The former governor of Abia State stated that the religion dimension the issue of running mate to the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has taken is not healthy for the polity.
He spoke during an interactive session with journalists on Wednesday, in Abuja.
He said there is nothing wrong with a Muslim-Muslim ticket, adding that the presidential candidate, as a liberal with a Christian wife, would further unite the country.
He said, “Do you want me to speak the truth, if I am in Ahmed Bola Tinubu situation, the wife is a senior pastor in a pentecostal church, I will go Muslim-Muslim ticket,” he said.
“The most important thing is for the party to win, we should stop this rubbish about if you put a Christian there… After all, if we win, the wife is a pastor and they have been living together for over 40-something years together.
“I have known them thus far, she is already a deputy president. I’m a Catholic and I am saying my opinion. This is Orji Kalu’s opinion. You cannot deny me my opinion. But you can play a Christian-Christian ticket depending on his scenario.
“If we don’t play Muslim-Muslim, we are in trouble. What is wrong with Muslim-Muslim ticket. There’s nothing wrong in Christian-Christian ticket too.
“He is a man who brings Christians and Muslims together. He is a man who can do the work.”
