Even before the APC presidential candidate picked his running mate, there had been those opposed to the idea of him picking a Muslim running mate. This was not surprising as every human issue will be controversial but to different degree. For example, there are families that will make issues with the religion or ethnic leaning of who their relative wants to marry.

One learning point from this debate on Muslim-muslim ticket, is that it will be difficult for a southern Muslim to become the president of the country if he picks a Northern Christian.

Also, it would even be more difficult for a Northern Christian to win with a southern Muslim if other strong parties have a structure that fits the present narration.

If the mass of the people are enlightened then sometime in the near future, a Northern Christian can run and pick a southern Christian and it will not be a major issue.

At the moment, the northern Muslims are perceived to be less tolerant of Christians in any guise, especially if a Muslim is not the main man. This may be wrong or right depending on who you ask.

Perceptions and mindset needs to change so that we will not come back to this discussions later on in our Nigerian life.