APC: North Won’t Back Christian-Christian Ticket  - Farouk Aliyu

All Progressives Congress (APC)

An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Farouk Aliyu, has said the North would not be comfortable with a Christian-Christian presidential ticket. He recently had his say during an interview on ARISE Television, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, such a combination will easily alienate Muslim voters in the region, and the party will ultimately depend on electoral numbers when deciding the composition of its ticket.

Aliyu further cautioned that replacing a Muslim candidate with a Christian in the North could create electoral difficulties for the ruling party.

His words, “In my opinion, the numbers will be looked at whether to field a Muslim or a Christian, the numbers are there to show.

Whether in the northern part of the country there are more Muslims, it is absolutely without doubt that there are more Muslims. So any party can decide to field a Christian, but if it goes in terms of numbers, certainly there are more Muslims in the North, which is the best for the party to take a Muslim.

Certainly, if you drop a Muslim for a Christian in the North, you’ll have a problem.

This government has got nothing to show on the ground that it’s favouring the Muslims over Christians.

So, I think the Muslim-Muslim ticket can still fly with the APC.

Based on the North I know, the North will not be comfortable with a Christian-Christian ticket because if you do that you’re completely alienating the Muslims in the North.”

WOW.