The two candidates of the frontline political parties, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been tackling each other over the Muslim-Muslim ticket brouhaha.
Tinubu in reaction to an accusation by Atiku that he (Tinubu) desperately wanted to be his running mate in 2007 on the platform of Action Congress (AC) in a Muslim-Muslim ticket arrangement, accused the PDP candidate of lying over his comment.
Tinubu said it was Atiku who asked him to be his running mate in 2007 but he refused.
Atiku had accused Tinubu of being a lover of the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
Atiku, who was the Action Congress (AC) presidential candidate in 2007, had said Tinubu desperately wanted to be his running mate then at all costs.
The former Vice President said because he declined and insisted on a Southern Christian as running mate, Tinubu picked quarrel with him leading to a breakdown in their relationship for 15 years.
The APC presidential candidate in reaction accused Atiku of being a “pathological” liar.
His media aide Tunde Rahman quoted the APC presidential candidate to have indicated that, “Atiku may want to be president. However, all he has shown is that he is a pathological liar.
“Let me say openly that Atiku offered me the vice presidential ticket in 2007. Let me also say that my religion has not changed. When he offered the position to me, I was a Muslim and I believe he was aware of my religious faith at the time.
“Atiku’s calculations and deceit had nothing to do with religion or his sensitivity to it. His conduct has everything to do with what we discovered about his paucity of character and love of intrigue.”