Why Shettima Was Excluded from Tinubu's 2027 Endorsement, APC Explains

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has clarified that Vice President Kashim Shettima was left out of the recent endorsement for President Bola Tinubu’s second term bid to avoid presuming his position as the 2027 running mate.

Mustapha Salihu, the party’s National Vice Chairman (North East), stated this during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.

He emphasized that including Shettima in the endorsement would have been premature, as it could imply Tinubu had already settled on his vice-presidential candidate.

The clarification follows a North-East APC stakeholders’ meeting in Gombe on Sunday, where attendees backed Tinubu for re-election but did not extend the endorsement to Shettima. His exclusion has fueled speculation about his political future ahead of the 2027 elections.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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