2023: How Tinubu’s candidacy will affect APC’s chances – Buhari

<p><strong>2023&colon; How Tinubu&&num;8217&semi;s candidacy will affect APC’s chances &&num;8211&semi; Buhari<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>A Public Affairs commentator&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Muhammed-Bello Buhari<&sol;a> has said that the emergence of <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Bola Tinubu<&sol;a> will affect the chances of the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar;<&sol;a> in the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">2023 elections<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tinubu&comma; a former Governor of Lagos State won the APC Presidential primary election by a landslide on Wednesday with seven aspirants stepping down for him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He polled 1&comma;271 votes to beat the likes of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who polled 235 votes&comma; former Minister of Transportation&comma; Rotimi Amaechi who scored 316 votes&comma; and Senate President Ahmed Lawan who polled 152 votes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a post on his Facebook page on Saturday&comma; Buhari said that most northerners see Tinubu as a Southerner before his religious faith&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the majority of the masses in the North do not care whether Tinubu is a Muslim or Christian&comma; stressing that what they see is simply a Southern candidate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The public commentator stated that most northerners are indifferent about the prospect of a Muslim-Muslim ticket&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Buhari&comma; however&comma; asserted that the Northern’s disposition is not due to intolerance or hatred&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon;<em><strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There’s this stereotype northern Muslims have for southern Muslims&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What my Christian brothers and sisters failed to understand is the fact that the majority of the masses here in the North do not care whether Tinubu is a Muslim or Christian&comma; what they see is simply a Southern candidate&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;what-tinubu-told-vp-osinbajo-during-his-surprise-visit&sol;">What Tinubu Told VP Osinbajo During Surprise Visit<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There’s this stereotype northern Muslims have for southern Muslims&comma; it’s this same consideration that’s making the most northerners to be indifferent about the prospect of a Muslim-Muslim ticket&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But it’s never about intolerance or hatred or any lack of sense of brotherhood&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;