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Atiku reason for APC’s Muslim, Muslim ticket – Kwande

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July 14, 2022

By Kingsley Chukwuka

Waziri Kwande an aspirant for the Plateau State House of Representatives in the just concluded primary election, has said the fear of the former Vice President, Atiku Abubarka, winning all the votes in the Northern Nigeria, necessitated the All Progressive Congress (APC), to opt for a Muslim, Muslim Ticket.

Kwande said without a core northerner to run with the APC Presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC is going nowhere.

Kwande stated this in Jos while interacting with our correspondent.

According to him: “A core northerner does not know any Tinubu being a Muslim. As far as the north is concerned, they need a core northerner who is a Muslim to go against Atiku, if not, the APC will loose to Atiku”, he said.

On the issue of the feud between the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and Atiku, Kwande said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)Presidential candidate will unify the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.

“Atiku is a unifier, a politician that knows what to do at all times. He will bring the PDP together and certainly he will win by a landslide in the Presidential elections”, he said.

He continued: “There is nowhere it is said that if you don’t win in the primary election you will automatically become the running mate to the Party flag bearer. People only work with people they are comfortable with.

“There is no way Atiku can work with Wike, because he will not make a good vice president.

“Wike is seeing himself as the bride of the PDP, did he think if he is the running mate to Atiku, he will win votes for him in any part of the north?”

Kwande said Atiku chose the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa because of the Igbo calculation, saying that Okowa has the mixture of the Igbo blend and that of the South-South.

Kwande however, called on Nigerians to vote for the PDP, adding that the APC is a huge disaster.

“During the tenure of the PDP, there was a level playing ground for everyone and that was why the APC which was in the opposition as at then was able to take over power from a sitting government”, he said.