The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has disclosed that those criticising him for the Muslim/Muslim ticket actually lobbied to be his running mate but he bluntly rejected them.
Tinubu said the former Secretary to the Government of Federation, Babachir Lawal, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who criticised his choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as running mate were his close friends who he turned down.
He disclosed this during an interactive session with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja, led by Archbishop Daniel Ukoh.
Lawal, a close ally of Tinubu, had condemned the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.
Tinubu while speaking during a meeting on Wednesday with the leadership of CAN dismissed the Islamisation claims in some quarters.
The APC presidential candidate also dismissed claims of trying to suppress Christians with his choice of a running mate.
