Vice President Shettima,
Stakeholders from the North-Central zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called for President Bola Tinubu to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate in the upcoming election.
The group has urged Tinubu to select a running mate from their region if he seeks their support for his re-election.
DAILY GAZETTE gathered these stakeholders have started engaging with political heavyweights and former public office holders to bring their aspiration to fruition.
They held a private meeting on Saturday, which included notable figures such as the former National Security Adviser, Gen. Aliyu Gusau (retd), the Onah of Abaji, His Royal Highness Musa Yunusa, former Senator John Danboyi, and other unmentioned individuals, all pushing for the agenda of a North-Central presidency.
Prof. Nghargbu K’tso, the Chairman of the North-Central Renaissance Movement and leader of the delegation, shared a statement with DAILY GAZETTE.
The statement read, “The North Central is strengthening advocacy for the return of presidency to the zone come 2027 through high-level consultations with prominent figures in the geo-political zone and Nigeria at large.”
“We appealed for the cooperation of Nigerians to make the agitation a reality and put the region in the equation of other zones who have enjoyed the constitutional right of producing president and vice president in Nigeria as the zone has what it takes to lead rather than to be led all the times.”
This move follows a press conference held just two days earlier, where hundreds of stakeholders and party leaders from the North-Central announced their unified effort to produce the next President after 65 years of perceived marginalization.
