{"id":48729,"date":"2016-04-23T20:24:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T19:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=48729"},"modified":"2016-04-23T20:24:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T19:24:05","slug":"one-sarakis-sins-opposition-apcs-muslimmuslim-ticket-fani-kayode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/one-sarakis-sins-opposition-apcs-muslimmuslim-ticket-fani-kayode\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Saraki&#8217;s sins, Opposition to APC&#8217;s Muslim\/muslim Ticket \u2013 Fani-kayode &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A former minister of Aviation and spokesperson to the Presidential campaign of former President Jonathan in the 2015 presidential polls, Femi Fani-Kayode said on Saturday that Senate President Bukola Saraki frustrated plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to field a muslim\/muslim presidential ticket in 2015.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fani-Kayode, a former chieftain of the APC disclosed this via his Twitter handle on Saturday in reaction to Saraki\u2019s rejoinder to a Thisday back page article last week by Ovation Publisher, Bashorun Dele Momodu.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saraki, and Fani-Kayode\u00a0\u00a0 , were some of the APC members\u00a0\u00a0 who kicked against the Muslim\/Muslim ticket and\u00a0 blocked the move by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be made vice presidential candidate to Candidate Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saraki in his rejoinder had stated that his \u201coriginal sin\u201d was his refusal to support a Muslim\/Muslim ticket of the APC in the 2015 presidential election. According to the Senate President, he opposed the move purely for strategic considerations, because he wanted his party, the APC to win the election.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Corroborating Saraki, Fani-Kayode tweeted: \u201cI can confirm that @bukolasaraki opposed the Muslim\/Muslim ticket plan of the APC. I left and exposed it, he stayed and frustrated it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saraki said: \u201cI have also been accused of helping to frustrate some people\u2019s opportunity to emerge as President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s running mate. But I have no problem with anybody. My concern was that it would not be politically smart of us to run with a Muslim-Muslim ticket.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Saraki phenomenon also frustrated the move by Tinubu to install his men as principal officers in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">It would be recalled that in the build-up to the last general election, rumors were rife that the APC, which at the time was battling to stave off an \u201cIslamic party\u201d toga, was contemplating fielding then General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as its presidential and vice presidential candidates, respectively.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former minister of Aviation and spokesperson to the Presidential campaign of former President Jonathan in the 2015 presidential polls, Femi Fani-Kayode said on Saturday that Senate President Bukola Saraki&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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