Leading journalist, Reuben Abati,has said that it will be a miscalculation for President Bola Tinubu to replace Vice President Kashim Shettima in the race towards next year’s election.
He stated this in a statement quoted by The Cable.
Hear him:
It would indeed be a big miscalculation to attempt to displace Vice President Kashim Shettima. He has been a very loyal, humble and hardworking deputy. If he were some other person, he would have been noisy and loud about whatever he may consider unfair treatment.
He has, however, been quiet, dutiful and not made any attempt to upstage his boss.
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Besides, he is a competent powerhouse with strong intellectual abilities. He has strong credentials: a former governor and a former senator. President Tinubu already has about 28 governors in his pocket, along with the structures in the states. If this is so certain as it seems, then changing his running mate ahead of 2027 would amount to a distraction that could upset current calculations for the APC.
It is not just that the entire north-east would turn against the president, the emergence of a Christian in place of Shettima will turn the tables and the Muslim north, already agitated by the narrative of being anti-Christian, against the president.” — REUBEN ABATI
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