The Twitter handle of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), on Wednesday, posted a message on the proposed running mate for Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Tinubu polled 1,271 votes to defeat 13 other presidential hopefuls at the APC primary, which was concluded on Wednesday.
Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation and top contender, polled 316 votes, while Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo got 235 votes.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the “consensus candidate” of Abdullahi Adamu, APC national chairman, polled 152 votes, while Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, got 47 votes.
On Wednesday, a Twitter user, @Ssaasquatch, had posted on how difficult it may be for Tinubu to select a vice-presidential candidate.
Responding to the Twitter user, the NNPP official handle had posted: “He will run with a Muslim VP.”
The tweet, which seems to have been made in error, already had more than 90 retweets.
The post has, however, been deleted.
Meanwhile, in a statement through his social media team, Tinubu had earlier denied endorsing a Muslim running mate.
He said a viral text message sent to delegates at the Eagle Square during the just-concluded presidential primary, alleging that he has decided on a Muslim-Muslim, ticket was false.
“We have been informed of a text message going around APC delegates at Eagles Square in Abuja purportedly from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu claiming that with his imminent victory at the APC presidential primary and emergence as the party’s presidential candidate, the APC leader has now decided on a Muslim-Muslim ticket,” the statement reads.
“This is nothing but a lie. It has no basis whatsoever.”
