BREAKING: APC Postpones Official Unveiling of Vice Presidential Candidate
- The official unveiling of Kashim Shettima as APC vice presidential candidate for the 2023 general election has been postponed
- Shetima, a former governor of Borno state was meant to have been presented to party members at the APC national Secretariat on Thursday
- No reason has been given for the decision which comes amid controversy over the choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the party
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Despite expectations from Nigerians, the ruling All Progressives Congress has postponed the official unveiling of former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shetima, as its vice presidential candidate for the 2023 general election.
Channels TV reports that Shettima was meant to have been presented to party members at the APC national Secretariat on Thursday, but this has been postponed.
This was disclosed by the chairman of the APC Press Corp.
Source: UGC
He said a new date will be announced in due time and that the date would probably be sometime next week.
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The Press Corp chairman said the directive for the postponement was given by the party’s Deputy National Secretary.
No reason has been given for the decision which comes amid controversy over the choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the party.
2023: APC suffers mass resignation of chieftains over Muslim-Muslim ticket for presidency
Meanwhile, ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the coin has finally been tossed for the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
However, the outcome thereof is a major determinant of what will become of the APC in the coming years.
Some few days back, the presidential candidate of the ruling party, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu unveiled the immediate past governor of Borno state and a serving lawmaker in the House of Senate, Kashim Shettima as the Vice-Presidential candidate of the party, APC.
As expected, Tinubu's decision was greeted with a series of wild criticism across the federation in what some political pundits called a repeat of 1993 (a topic that will be addressed another time).
Babachir Lawal, Kenneth Okonkwo knocks at APC's choice of Muslim-Muslim ticket
In another report by Legit.ng, a Nollywood veteran actor who also doubles as a politician/lawyer, Keneth Okonkwo declared officially not to be in alliance with the APC.
He said his decision was in the interest of equity, justice, fairness and peaceful co-existence among Nigerians.
He said:
"May God deliver Nigeria from the hands of power grabbers who elevate the quest for power above the quest for purpose. God bless you and Barka da Sallah to our Muslim brothers."
Source: Legit.ng
