Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has assured Christians that there is no cause for alarm over the alleged plan by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, to pick a Muslim as his running mate.
The Senate Chief Whip said Christians should relax because Tinubu’s wife is a Pastor.
There have been reactions across board over the Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential election.
Meanwhile, Christian Association of Nigeria has rejected the ruling party’s move to adopt a Muslim running mate.
Kalu, while reacting to the speculations, said the speculated Muslim-Muslim ticket should not threaten Christians.
While addressing journalists at the National Assembly on Wednesday, he said: “Let me tell you, in my house, my wife is the head of the house in reality. Even you men that are here, now that your wives aren’t here, they are the head.
“Like if I wear these clothes, my wife will tell me ‘My dear, these clothe is not good remove them’. Your wife will tell you you are supposed to eat Akara and Akamu, whether you argue with her, you must take that Akamu and your wife want you to pay children’s school fees, whether you argue or not, you must pay.
“The Christians should relax because Tinubu’s wife is a pastor and once she’s a pastor we are protected because she’s not a housewife. She has political knowledge.”
She won’t be the Vice President. The essence of insisting on a Christian Running Mate is to ensure that no one, especially in the north, goes with the impression that the Christians don’t matter.
Would the Muslims accept a Christian-Christian ticket, even if the wife is the Imam of Abuja?