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JUST IN: APC Panel Recommends 10 VP Candidates To Tinubu As Party Postpones Shetima’s Unveiling [Full List]

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Jul 14, 2022.

Benard Joseph

APC Panel Recommends 10 VP Candidates To Tinubu As Party Postpones Shetima’s Unveiling
The latest development suggests that Tinubu and the leadership of the APC may consider dropping Shettima from the race…

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the panel set up to assist the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, pick a running mate has recommended 10 candidates aside from Senator Kashim Shettima.

It would be recalled that on Sunday, Tinubu unveiled Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.

Tinubu had said he consulted widely on the issue of running mate and he appreciated the perspectives of leading members of the party, political allies and key national figures.

A dependable source in the ruling party disclosed to Daily Trust that the panel headed by Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, analysed the strengths and weaknesses of 11 persons recommended.

The recommendation was contained in a report of a sub-committee chaired by Senator Grace Folasade Bent sighted by one of our reporters.

Members of the Lawal committee told Daily Trust that the final report of the committee was concluded on Tuesday last week and submitted to Tinubu by Lawal, who travelled to London on Wednesday for the purpose.

One of the members of the panel known as the Planning and Strategy Committee of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO), said a soft copy of the recommendation was sent to Tinubu before Lawal met him in the UK.

Those recommended were former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed; Kashim Imam, an associate of Tinubu.
Other persons recommended were Ambassador Fatima Balla and Senator Anthony Manzo.

In the North West, the committee recommended Hajiya Najatu Mohammed, El-Rufai, a former governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, and Bagudu.

The three governors recommended for consideration the Babagana Zulum (Borno); Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi).
The panel did not recommend any person from the North Central.

Panel members said the North Central was not considered because the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, hails from Nasarawa State in the geopolitical zone.

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However, the latest development suggests that Tinubu and the leadership of the APC may consider dropping Shettima from the race and picking a Northern Christian with one day left to the deadline of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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