Muslim-Muslim ticket: Is Tinubu having buyer’s remorse? By Olu Fasan

Vanguardngr | 12-02-2026 12:44pm |

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria’s Marmite president, is by no means a religious bigot. He is a moderate, even liberal, Muslim, who is surrounded, including in his immediate family, by practising Christians. However, for self-interested political calculations, Tinubu played the religious card to become president in 2023 by picking a fellow Muslim, Kashim Shettima, as his running-mate.

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