By John Owen Nwachukwu The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised Tinubu to consult the ‘Noble Dozen’, before picking a running m...
By John Owen Nwachukwu
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised Tinubu to
consult the ‘Noble Dozen’, before picking a running mate for the 2023
presidential election.
Tinubu became the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, after he became victorious in the party’s presidential primaries at Eagles
Square, Abuja on Wednesday.
The Islamic group explained that ‘Noble Dozen’ is the name
it gave to the twelve Northern governors who insisted that the South should be
given the opportunity to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor.
MURIC made the suggestion in a statement signed by its
director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, on Saturday.
“We will like to advise that apart from ensuring that the
position of vice president in 2023 goes to the North, Senator Tinubu should
consult the ‘Noble Dozen’,” the group said.
“Those we refer to as the Noble Dozen are those twelve (12)
sincere Northern governors who disabused the minds of Nigerians concerning the
myth of Northern hegemony and a nonexistent caliphate oligarchy by insisting
that APC’s presidential candidate must come from the South. This was a great
sacrifice and a noble idea.
“They demonstrated statesmanship, patriotism and nobility of
thought by that action.
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