The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has declined to zone its presidential ticket, fearing that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar or another northerner may emerge as the PDP’s presidential nominee.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, Nigerians may vote along ethnic and religious lines due to ethnic and religious politics.
This has encouraged Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Jigawa State Governor Badaru Abubakar to enter the presidential contest.
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According to a source, all regions would be permitted to run for the APC presidential nomination, and the ruling party may face difficulty if Atiku emerges as the PDP’s presidential candidate.
A source in the APC told Newsmen that, “It is not in our constitution that people should be denied their fundamental human rights . Also, the Nigerian constitution says everybody will be able to contest. In 2014, Rochas Okorocha contested against four northern aspirants. In 1999, Alex Ekwueme and Abubakar Rimi contested against Olusegun Obasanjo for the PDP ticket. You cannot breach a law that doesn’t exist. So, we cannot be held account for a law that doesn’t exist.
“Our thinking is that if Atiku Abubakar gets the party’s ticket, then we are in trouble. So, the party will throw its ticket open. I don’t see this decision being reversed.”
The source added that the APC might end up fielding a Muslim/Muslim ticket if former governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State emerges the APC presidential candidate.
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“If a northern candidate doesn’t emerge from the APC, then the vice-presidential candidate must be a very strong Muslim politician from the North. This is the challenge Tinubu will have but if it comes to it, then a Muslim/Muslim ticket is what we will go for. We will win the core North and the South-West,” he said.
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