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Kashim Shettima is my running mate ― Tinubu

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has announced a former governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate for the 2023 general election.

Tinubu made this known while speaking to newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at his private residence in Daura, Katsina State on Sunday.

The APC presidential candidate was in Daura to pay Sallah homage to Buhari as well as intimate him of his decision to pick Shettima as his running mate.

Tinubu said he picked Shettima as the APC’s vice-presidential candidate because of the former Borno State governor’s competency, capability, and reliability.

The two-term former governor of Lagos State won APC’s presidential ticket at the party’s June 8 special national convention and presidential primary election.

He earlier chose Ibrahim Kabiru Masari as the APC’s “placeholder” vice-presidential candidate.

Tinubu was away in France from June 27 on a short vacation during which he held some strategic meetings.

He, however, returned to Nigeria in the early hours of Saturday.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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