Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Friday met with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja after he was retained as the All Progressives Congress (APC) vice-presidential candidate for the 2027 election.
The meeting took place shortly after the APC formally unveiled the Tinubu-Shettima ticket at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja.
Shettima visited the president to express appreciation for retaining him as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election.
Shettima’s retention ended weeks of speculation over whether the vice-president would remain on the APC ticket for the next general election.
The party’s decision to retain the Tinubu-Shettima ticket means it will head into the 2027 election with the same presidential team that secured victory in the 2023 poll.
Earlier on Friday, Sunday Dare, special adviser to the president on public communications and orientation, announced that Tinubu had submitted his presidential nomination form to
