Osita Okechukwu- Why Tinubu Was Rejected As Vice-President In 2015 By APC

Osita Okechukwu- Why Tinubu Was Rejected As Vice-President In 2015 By APC

Iexclusive News Nigeria reports that according to Osita Okechukwu, Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) wanted to avoid a Muslim/Muslim ticket and had to drop former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu from running as President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate during the 2015 Presidential election.

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Osita Okechukwu continued, “The APC leadership chose Professor Yemi Osinbajo to run with Buhari in 2015 to put the Muslim/Muslim debate to bed.”

Okechukwu, who was one of the founding members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, which amalgamated with other political parties to form the current APC, also dismissed suspicions of a succession pact between Buhari and Tinubu in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.

He also praised the APC’s leadership for recommending the nomination of a consensus candidate for the presidential election in 2023.

Okechukwu said; “As a member of the defunct CPC, all I know was that Asiwaju (Tinubu) automatically could have been the Vice President if not because our leadership warned against a Muslim/Muslim ticket.

“Our leadership also argued that the Abiola/Kingibe Muslim/Muslim ticket which worked in 1993 might not work in 2015, if Buhari/Tinubu, both Muslims, were to run, as the scenario differs. That was how Asiwaju nominated Professor Yemi Osinbajo as a replacement.”