Why I don’t believe in the Muslim-Muslim ticket – Okowa

Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has given his reasons for not supporting the idea of a muslim-muslim ticket.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has come under criticism for picking muslim-muslim candidates as their presidential and vice presidential flagbearers for the 2023 elections.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC’s presidential candidate picked Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Both former governors are muslim.

Speaking at a summit in Abuja organised by the Northern Christian Youth Assembly with the theme, “Unifying Nigeria: The role of Northern Christian youths and women,” Okowa explains his reasons.

“I personally do not believe in the Muslim-Muslim ticket. The reason is that there is diversity when it comes to that. Therefore, sticking to one faith is not a good thing to do particularly in a troubled nation as we are in today. It’s almost like going on to having the presidential candidate from the North and picking the vice presidential candidate also from the North.”

“So, the only ticket that can work for Nigeria is the ticket that doe not tie election victory to either the Muslim or Christian faith.”

Okowa is the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.