President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally retained Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The declaration was made official at a party event at the Continental Hotel in Abuja.
The President’s Special Adviser on Political Affairs, Ibrahim Masari, submitted the presidential nomination forms for the joint Tinubu-Shettima ticket to the APC National Working Committee (NWC).
The duo ran in 2023 under the Tinubu/Shettima joint ticket in what was widely described as same faith ticket due to their common religious beliefs, but they went ahead to win the presidential election.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja after receiving the nomination forms, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, expressed confidence that the APC would retain power in the 2027 general election.
Shortly after the party unveiled the Tinubu-Shettima joint ticket following a stakeholders’ meeting, Vice President Shettima met with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The closed-door meeting, which took place at the President’s office, was aimed at expressing Shettima’s appreciation for being retained as the APC’s vice-presidential candidate for the election.
Shettima’s visit came after months of intense speculation about who would emerge as President Tinubu’s running mate for the 2027 polls.
The APC’s decision to retain the Tinubu-Shettima ticket signals the party’s confidence in the same leadership pair that secured victory in the 2023 presidential election.
