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In spite of recent efforts by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Bola Tinubu, to push back on his belief in a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, a book recently launched by his political ally, Chief Bisi Akande, may have put the lie to the former Lagos state governor’s denial.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, while speaking on Arise Television last week, had disclosed that his point of disagreement with Tinubu had always been his insistence on a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

“Together with Asiwaju, we formed Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and I was given a ticket in Lagos and he insisted to be my running mate and I said no, I am not going to have a Muslim-Muslim ticket and because of that he switched his to the late Umaru Yar’Adua and that was the departing point,” Atiku had said.

But Tinubu had responded to the former vice president, stating that indeed he (Tinubu) was offered the running mate position by Atiku in 2007, because it was in Atiku’s political interests to do so.

“Let me say openly that Atiku offered me the vice presidential ticket in 2007. Let me also say that my religion has not changed. When he offered the position to me, I was a Muslim and I believe he was aware of my religious faith at the time.

“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…When it benefitted him personally, Atiku did not see anything wrong with Muslim-Muslim ticket,” he had stated in a riposte.

But a check by THISDAY indicated that Akande actually disclosed in his book titled: ‘My Participations,’ published recently by Gaskia Media Limited, that while forming the Action Congress (AC), the understanding then was that Atiku would run on a t ticket with Tinubu as his running mate.

Also, contrary to Tinubu’s statement that Atiku was drafted into the party without being a founding member, Akande had alluded to the fact that the formation of the party was a t effort by major stakeholders, including Atiku.

“It was the second time Tinubu was tantalisingly close to the VP slot. In 2007, we formed a party, the AC, with Abubakar Atiku. We agreed that Atiku should be our presidential candidate and we had the understanding that he would run with Bola Tinubu.

“I was the chairman of the AC. One day, after we had nominated Atiku as our presidential candidate, one young man came and gave me a form from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). I told him I could not sign a blank form and that I, as the chairman, must know the name that would be filled in it,” he stated.

Akande also hinted that his reluctance to sign the necessary documents during the entire drama was because the forms eventually sent to him came without the name of a running mate to Atiku.

He stressed that even if Atiku wasn’t favourably disposed to a t ticket with Tinubu, he should have at least, picked another person from the Alliance for Democracy (AD).

“The young man, Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim, must have been the organising right hand man of Atiku. He was an active person from Kano. The following morning, he came again with Lawan Kaita.

“Kaita begged me and said it was Ben Obi whom Atiku had chosen as his running mate behind our back. So, I signed the form because I believed as the candidate, Atiku had the right to choose his running mate. If I refused to sign, that would create a crisis,” Akande explained in his autobiography.

In the book, Akande also revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari declined to accept Tinubu as his running mate in 2015, thereby confirming that it was not the first time Tinubu would confront serious opposition to his vice presidential ambition on same faith ticket.

The AC had thereafter fielded Atiku, who had at the time just defected from the PDP, following his fallout with his then boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, who never hid his disdain for the idea of Atiku succeeding him.

According to Akande, despite the pressure mounted by the leaders of the party, including former Ogun State Governor, Mr Segun Osoba; ex-Ekiti Governor, Mr Niyi Adebayo and a one-time Governor of Oyo State, the late Lam Adesina, Atiku never gave them his word on the matter until he picked Obi.

He stressed that with Atiku, the belief was that the party would be strong in the north, but because of the majority of PDP ers in the South-east and the South-south, it would face more resistance in that area.

“Sequn Osoba, Niyi Adebayo, and Lam Adesina had earlier met Atiku and we proposed to him our choice of Tinubu, and he promised to come back to us. He gave us a date. On that date, we all assembled. Atiku came with Audu Ogbe, Tom Ikimi and Usman Bugaje.

“We proposed that Tinubu should be the running mate, though Tinubu was not at the meeting. Atiku would not give us an immediate answer. He said he wanted to have more consultations,” he added.

Akande also said Ikimi, Ogbe, and quite a handful of party leaders were all very strong against Tinubu, because they reasoned that it would mean a Muslim-Muslim ticket which eventually ended the discussion in a deadlock. “Atiku never said anything. We left the meeting,” he wrote.

The former interim national chairman stated that what prompted the pressure to field Tinubu was that anytime there was the need for money in the party, Atiku would always call for Tinubu’s assistance.

“Bola was the only one spending the money among us. The rest of us were poor. Tinubu also put all his energy and resources into the formation of the AC and we felt he deserved a spot on the ticket,” he added.

https://www.arise.tv/muslim-muslim-ticket-how-akandes-book-put-a-lie-to-tinubus-denial/amp/

See this old fools still talking about elections when Nigeria is burning

Validated:
Tinubu and Apc, TUEH!

1993:Tinubu's mentor, MKO Abiola attempted Muslim-Muslim Ticket, God used IBB to annulled it

1998: Tinubu wanted to deputise Abacha on Muslim-Muslim Ticket, God killed Abacha

2007: Tinubu begged Atiku for muslim-muslim ticket, Atiku refused.

2010: Tinubu asked Buhari to make him running mate on Muslim-Muslim ticket, Buhari refused. Tinubu pulled out of ACN/C merger

2014: Tinubu again asked Buhari for muslim-muslim ticket in the newly formed APC. God used nPDP to stop him.

2023: Tinubu again decided to bribe delegates to achieve his infamous Muslim-Muslim life-long ambition. This time the Holy Ghost fire will destroy him.

The historical evidence of the desperation is glaring. Bola Ahmed Tinubu(BAT) is a bloody liar and hypocrite.

"APC Presidential Primary: Tinubu Denies The Choice Of Muslim-muslim Ticket"
https://dailypost.ng/2022/06/08/apc-presidential-primary-tinubu-denies-endorsing-muslim-muslim-ticket/

He first denied it but that was the game plan from inception. This is why he is delusional that Nigeria is his personal fiefdom to possess.

Nigeria is doomed.

Wake up and vote Peter OBI.

This matter again.?.. Pls leave dis matter to rest biko.. We Already know what to do come 2023 nau..

Wetin dea occur
This people don’t give an hoot about the masses yet the brainwashed masses will still kill themselves over this same politicians

Tinubu is too crooked to hold anything that has to do with leadership, not even class captain, how he became a governor in Lagos state is still negatively affecting the whole country till date, so if he becomes president of Nigeria then the entire Africa will be negatively affected....


A thief only comes to steal and destroy

Hmm

From the write-up which contain excerpts from Chief Bisi Akande autography, it's glaring Atiku was right all the while.

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN RUN.... RUN... RUN.... RUN.....

I can't laugh alone!

Wind don blow, fowl yansh don open!

All of una Na the same

It's glaring that Tinubu is a serial liar and a prevaricator.

One can deduce that he is also that face of the new PMB dispension that ushered in the well laundered image of PMB that finally got PMB into power.

The lies and propaganda that led to the ousting of Good luck Jonathan are one of the many mechanization of the publicity stunts of BAT.

This government has been the very face of lies and lies.

Voting BAT would be sheer sacrilege for any right thinking Nigerian.

A man would would rent Clerics would do anything to get into power.

His desperation knows no bounds.

He was even be worse that the present government.

Atiku already said that Tinubu must have lost his memory.

Ok

I just pity we people of Nigeria for ing these politicians. They all know what they will do at the end of the day.

APC and PDP are the same. As for LP, the same strategy APC used for campaigning in 2014 & 2015 is the same LP presidential candidate is using presently.
Let's not forget that APC promised us heaven on earth back then. See where we are presently. They made PDP looked like an evil party back then whereas they are the MFing evil party.

I hope LP ain't an evil party as APC and PDP.

NB: I'M NOT ING ANY POLITICAL PARTY. WE HAVE HEARD ALL THE LIES IN THE PAST.

I HOPE NIGERIANS GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME�

This topic has been overstretched... Everyone against it should just their displeasure with their veto power on the day of Election and stop disturbing our ears...

Maxymilliano:
Also, contrary to Tinubu’s statement that Atiku was drafted into the party without being a founding member, Akande had alluded to the fact that the formation of the party was a t effort by major stakeholders, including Atiku.

“It was the second time Tinubu was tantalisingly close to the VP slot. In 2007, we formed a party, the AC, with Abubakar Atiku. We agreed that Atiku should be our presidential candidate and we had the understanding that he would run with Bola Tinubu.

https://www.arise.tv/muslim-muslim-ticket-how-akandes-book-put-a-lie-to-tinubus-denial/amp/

Lies, propaganda, fraud and all manner of crimes is what the Thiefnuibu agbero legacy is built upon.
Nothing else.

A 45-year-old resident and father of three, Mr.Fatai Lamide told PUNCH HealthWise that no building in the community has toilet facilities.

The Oyo State-born mechanic said, “We don’t have toilet in this area, including our compound. This canal that you see serves as toilet to all of us living in this area. We defecate inside nylon and throw it inside the canal.

“For people that don’t want to use nylon, they have a special bucket that they use after which they pour it inside the canal too.

https://punchng.com/cholera-outbreak-looms-in-lagos-communities-as-residents-use-canal-lagoon-as-toilet/

itubaba001:
Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria, has been ranking as one of the worst places to live in the world for the nine straight years, a BusinessDay analysis shows.

Data from the 2019 Global Liveability Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the world’s leader in global business intelligence, shows the city has been within the range of 137th-139th position out of a total of 140 cities in the world from year 2011-2019.

https://businessday.ng/uncategorized/article/lagos-ranks-amongst-worst-cities-to-live-in-for-nine-straight-years/

Nothing interest me again in Nigerian politics to be candid .
I’m a lover of politics but the way this people uses power and rule makes me detest anything called leadership in Nigeria .
Are the leaders the problem or the god fatherisms??
Who cursed Nigeria ?
Muslim Muslim
Christian Muslim
Christian Christian
Christian Muslim
Without structure Na still the same spot we go Dey .
Bokoharam ain’t leaving anytime soon
Bandit don yapa
Kidnapper at the edges
Evans and co opened a lot of criminal eyes to kidnapping business when it was revealed that they made a lot of ill fortunes from their evil proceeds .
We need structure first
We need to go back to our local government level, build things and do things rights
Do self ability on the available resources.
The local Gov should work with the state gov and make sure things are okay in each of their provinces .
A person cannot govern a nation .
How many states activities can buhari see what’s going on their from aso rock
How many cities activities can our governors see from their state of resident ??
This is why we need to rebuild structures .
Without structures we are doomed

Why all this noise on Muslim-Muslim ticket?

Person Wey no fit Islamise his wife and kids fit Islamise Nigeria?

Atiku sef wey turn all his non-muslims wives to Muslims better BAT in this regard.

All this criminal where busy talking about election while Nigeria is going through a serious insecurity ...there is pandemonium every where all this idiotic leaders can talk about is election... Their generation will partake in this evil they have inflict on Nigeria

This mammal that flies is really a ticking time bomb

Some mumu will vote him dullard youth, 1$=2000 if APC or PDP win next election, youth think about ur future, we are getter old, soon of us will having children our fathers fail us,will should not fail our children, vote LP vote Peter obi

That means Atiku is right
Tinubu's memory has failed
brain dead like mama peace used to say

Ok

This Tinubu is worst than i think he was...talk about evil intention!

Tinubu that deceived Nigerians and repackaged Buhari as an incorruptible saint through false promises and media propaganda.

Nigerians don see pepper for APC hand.

Tinubu knew right from time that Buhari will mess up Nigeria, but still wanted everyone to suffer just for his selfish ambition.

Tinubu can whitewash the devil provided he gets what he wants. So selfish and desperate.

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