The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has said Muslim-Muslim ticket made him reject Bola Tinubu when he wanted to be his running mate in 2007.
Atiku, who served as the vice of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007, said this while featuring on Arise Television interview on Friday.
In the interview with Arise, Atiku said the Muslim-Muslim ticket, which is generating a controversy in the country at the moment, made him not to choose Bola Tinubu.
“The Muslim-Muslim ticket has always been my fundamental disagreement. Nigeria is a multiethnic and multi-religious nation and there should be a religious balance in our leadership,” he said.
Tinubu, who will square off with Atiku in the 2023 Presidential election, chose Senator Kashim Shettima, a fellow Muslim as running mate and this has been generating controversy.
