Fashola Can’t Be Vice Presidential Candidate – APC

There were speculations that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), was being considered as vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress anytime the candidate emerges, but recent reports claim, such possibility has been ruled out.

Well, there are fears that same religion ticket wouldn’t work well for Nigeria in the coming administration, and it looks like that is the same reason Fashola can’t be a running mate.
According to a source who spoke to Punch, it was almost certain that the party would field a Muslim as its presidential candidate, it would therefore be out of place to field another Muslim as the running mate.

“You know that the South-West is a base for the APC and it also contributed immensely to its formation. We would have preferred Fashola because of his pedigree in the state. Moreover, of all the APC governors from the zone, he is the only one doing his second term.
“But this issue of religion is the problem. Apart from this, other APC governors from the zone are also Muslims. You may need to recall that the enemies of our party tried in vain before to label the party a Muslim party.

“Even though they have failed, we may also need to be guided by the words of advice from former President Olusegun Obasanjo against any party fielding same religion ticket. This is what is hampering us concerning Fashola, whose performance and competence cannot be queried.”
The source said that even though the national leadership of the party was aware that the people of the “South-West are not religious but we are dealing with a larger society now. So, we must be careful.”

What is your take on the same religion ticket???