by Damilola Jagun

Singer, Olubankole Wellington, better known as Banky W, believes that Lagos governor, Babatunde Fashola, should be the running mate of Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress.

Banky W took to micro-blogging platform, Twitter, to air his thoughts on why Fashola is the ideal man to run the race alongside Buhari.

According to Banky W, the issue of religion being a factor as why Fashola may not get the slot, is trivial and unimportant. The singer said there is nothing wrong with a Muslim-Muslim ticket as long as the candidates are credible and up to the task.

He also cited the examply of M.K.O Abiola, who ran and won by a landslide on a Muslim-Muslim ticket, back in 1993.

Below are tweets from Banky W’s Twitter page, on the issue:

 

It should be Fashola.

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

I don’t care about my leader’s tribe, religion, or whatever jargon they keep feeding us.

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

Zoning. Religion-ing. It’s all crap.

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

Some of my mentors, clients, business partners, colleagues are from different tribes and religions than mine. What difference does it make?

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

I don’t choose who to do business with based on if they’re from my village. I don’t choose who to associate with based on their religion

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

Who cares if Fashola is a muslim? Didn’t we vote him into power in Lagos? Did the fact that he’s muslim affect the way he lead the state?

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

Tribe… Religion… these are just tools people use to divide us. And then we wonder why we’re in the same position decades later.

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

Abiola won the election (in a LAND SLIDE) on a muslim-muslim ticket. Wasn’t that the same country? It didn’t matter then. Why does it now?

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

They brainwash us into thinking these things matter… and then we wonder why we’re still here facing the same problems as a nation

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

We wonder why people still kill each other in places like Jos… differences in tribe, religion… like that means anything.

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

In the US its white cops killing blacks. Here we r all black & all Nigerian but we think tribe & religion matter so we kill ourselves anyway

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

May God save Nigeria.

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014

Wake up Nigeria. Wake up.

— Banky Wellington (@BankyW) December 17, 2014