The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has failed to pick a running mate for it’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, for the 2023 election.
Political parties have until 6pm on Friday 17 (today) to file in the names of their presidential candidates and their running mates. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said its automated server will shut down automatically by 6pm.
The major opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, picked its running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, the Delta State Governor, on Thursday.
APC’s search for the running mate has run into troubled waters since the emergence of Tinubu, who is a Muslim from the South, as finding a ‘suitable’ candidate to run with him has degenerated into controversy.
The conventional practice of having a joint ticket from two major religions in the land is being discountenanced as the APC is believed to be planning a Muslim/Muslim ticket.
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