El-Rufai has exposed Tinubu’s muslim-muslim ticket strategy.
NaijaOnPoint Nigeria reports that Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed that the controversial Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 presidential election was purely a political strategy for victory, not a religious agenda.
Speaking on Channels Television, El-Rufai dismissed concerns of religious exclusion, stressing that his decision to back the ticket was informed by electoral calculations rather than faith considerations.
“It was a political strategy; it was a strategy to win the election, not a religious one. When you are contesting, you examine every factor that can help you win. Religion had nothing to do with it,” he said.
El-Rufai pointed to his own experience as Kaduna governor, where he also ran on a Muslim-Muslim ticket, insisting that Christians in the state were not marginalized in governance.
He further argued that Nigeria must move beyond speculations about religious balance in politics, noting that successful leaders do not restrict appointments to one religion or ethnicity.
“We have done a Muslim-Muslim ticket now. Tell me in what way Christians are short-changed. None. No leader who wants to succeed will limit appointments to one faith. The fear of the Muslim-Muslim ticket has been cured, done, buried, and gone,” El-Rufai emphasized.
His remarks come amid renewed debates on religious representation in Nigerian politics.