Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano state has said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has agreed to pick a Muslim vice-presidential candidate.

Channels TV reports that he made the comment during a gathering of about 100 clerics at the Kano state 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.”he said

Mr Ganduje asked the clerics to pray for Tinubu to emerge as Nigeria’s president come 2023.