APC Dismisses Speculations Of Replacing Shettima As Tinubu’s VP
The All Progressives Congress (APC) warned Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, and other senior government and party officials to stop fueling needless speculation and focus on their primary duty of diligent service to the government and the party.
APC also dismissed growing media reports about the possible replacement of Vice President Kashim Shettima as running mate to President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general election.
Musawa had warned that APC could drastically weaken its chances in the 2027 presidential election if it dropped Shettima or did not pick a northern Muslim to run with Tinubu in his re-election bid.
She gave the warning during a recent episode of Mic On Show with popular journalist, Seun Okinbaloye.
Musawa’s comments came amid rising speculation that the ruling party might consider altering the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket that powered APC to victory in the 2023 elections.
The minister cautioned that replacing Shettima or removing a northern Muslim from the ticket could pose serious political risks, particularly in the core northern states, where regional and religious considerations deeply influenced voting patterns.
But National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, in a statement yesterday, maintained that the stories were purely speculative, untrue, and utterly baseless.
Morka stated, “We call on our ministers, senior government and party officials to avoid, wittingly or unwittingly, stoking needless speculations, and to focus on their primary duty of diligent service to government and our party, and bolster the success and achievements of President Tinubu, our inimitable and visionary leader.”
The ruling party urged media organisations to refrain from lending their platforms to rumour-peddlers and mischievous “news sources” of questionable provenance whose only intention was to promote discord and confusion in the polity.
