The ruling All Progressives Congress APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has responded to PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over the condemnation of his choice of Kashim Shettima as a running mate.
Recall that on Friday, Atiku granted an interview with Arise TV which was duly monitored by truthlive.net, said that he left Tinubu because of his strong desire for a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
However, Tinubu in a statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, on Saturday, faulted Atiku claims.
In the statement, Tinubu was quoted as saying, “Atiku has no business raising the issue of a Muslim-Muslim ticket except as a hypocrite. Perhaps he believes people have forgotten his antics during the 1993 election.
“After he woefully lost his bid to be the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, what did he do? He canvassed and lobbied harder than anyone to become the running mate to late Chief MKO Abiola. When it benefitted him personally, Atiku did not see anything wrong with Muslim-Muslim ticket. He saw everything right in such a ticket as long as he was on it.
“Now, Atiku criticises my selection as running mate based on religion. He does so because he cannot criticise it on other grounds.”