Monday June 16, 2025|
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Northeast have endorsed the retention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima on the party’s presidential ticket in 2027, The NATION reports.
Their adoption is contained in resolutions passed during the region’s Consultative Forum meeting in Gombe yesterday.
At the meeting were governors, National Assembly members, some key party leaders, including National Chairman Abdulahi Ganduje and former Senate President Ahmad Lawan.
The states in the Northeast are Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe.
The APC has three governors in the zone. These are: Babagana Zulum (Borno), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) and host Governor Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe). All of them attended the meeting.
One of the resolutions said the ticket had been useful to the zone and any alteration might create division among leaders.
But a few leaders led by the National Vice Chairman (Northeast), Mustapha Salihu, made a fresh case for the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
It was not immediately clear if Ribadu was interested in being the Vice President or not.
A source at the meeting said the session was a stocktaking type, governors and leaders took a position on 2027.
