2027: Party Members Advising President Tinubu To Replace VP Shettima Are Not Genuinely In Support Of His Re-election Bid-North Central APC Forum

Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, those who are advising President Bola Tinubu to choose a new running mate are not sincerely in support of his re-election bid.

President Bola Tinubu will also lose 80% of northern Muslim votes if he dumps the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket and replaces Vice President Kashim Shettima in 2027.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the North Central APC Forum said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by its Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga.

‘Those who are calling on President Bola Tinubu to change Vice President Kashim Shettima are basing their agitation on the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, if you check, you will notice that in 2023, most of their communities voted for Peter Obi of the Labour Party.

Now if Peter Obi is to come out again in 2027, as expected, what is the guarantee that they will vote for Tinubu even if he is to drop Shettima and replace him with a Christian? Does it mean that these people will now leave Peter Obi and vote for Tinubu?

The truth is that most of these people are not Tinubu’s supporters, they don’t really want him to win re-election in 2027. That is why some of them are going as far as urging Mr President to drop those that went to great lengths to work for his victory in 2023. They are only trying to deceive Mr President but we believe the President knows better and will be able to see through their mischief. They don’t mean well for Mr President and the party’ the group submitted.

 The North Central APC Forum also urged President Bola Tinubu not to rock the boat in any way while submitting that getting Shettima replaced with a Christian or a Muslim will spell doom for the party.

‘Another issue that we want to bring to Mr President’s attention is there are people close to him – we will not mention their names but they know themselves. They are going about in different communities in the North, giving money to some communities while excluding others all in the name of asking northern Christian communities to vote for Tinubu.

 But while they are doing that they are alienating and marginalizing northern Muslim communities. This is counterproductive and it will backfire eventually and we don’t want Mr President to suffer because of the poor decisions of these people who are close to him.

Now these people who are concentrating on northern Christians should consider this – what if the 2023 scenario repeats itself in 2027 with Peter Obi also contesting and President Tinubu now loses both Christian and Muslim votes? What if the Christian communities again vote for Obi and the Muslim communities who are now being neglected also refuse to vote for Tinubu?

These are the issues that these people who are calling on Mr President to drop Shettima are either not thinking about, or are ignoring because they are up to mischief and do not mean well for the President and the APC.

Our sincere advice for Mr President is that he should maintain the status quo that produced him. We are not in support of calls for President Tinubu to change the Vice President. Changing Kashim Shettima will not bear any positive fruit in the election because, looking at the results of the 2023 election, all the Christian-dominated areas in the North voted for Peter Obi and we don’t expect a different outcome in 2027. Rather, President Tinubu risks losing a large chunk of northern Muslim votes if he listens to these calls and goes ahead to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima.

We advise Mr President not to gamble with the 2027 election. President Tinubu will lose 80 percent of northern Muslim votes if he decides to change Shettima. Even if he decides to replace him with another northern Muslim, he will lose northern Muslim votes so the best approach is to maintain the status quo and go with what worked for him in the last election’ the statement added..

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