The North-Central Forum of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has rejected moves to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as President Bola Tinubu’s running mate ahead of the 2027 general election, warning that such a step would amount to a grave political miscalculation.
The Forum made its position known this Thursday in Abuja through its Chairman, Saleh Zazzaga, following reports that some persons within the ruling party were pushing for Shettima’s replacement.
Reports say the speculation was triggered after the Vice President’s photograph was omitted from a banner bearing images of APC leaders in the North-East during the party’s zonal public hearing on the amendment of its constitution in Maiduguri.
However, the North-Central APC Forum warned that replacing Shettima would be disastrous for the party and could jeopardize President Tinubu’s re-election bid.
It maintained that abandoning the Muslim-Muslim ticket would only strengthen the opposition in 2027.