The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has agreed to pick a Muslim vice-presidential candidate.

Kano State governor, Umar Ganduje disclosed this on Friday, when he received some Islamic clerics at the Ksno Government House as part of activities to mark Eid El Kabir.

“We have advised him to pick a Muslim deputy and he has agreed. A Muslim-Muslim ticket is a reality. It is not something new in Nigeria”, Ganduje disclosed.

According to a reports by Channels TV, the  Governor  urged the clerics to pray for Tinubu,  Kano State as well as its  Deputy Governor, Yusuf Gawuna, who emerged as the APC governorship candidate for the State in the 2023 elections