Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on political issues, has expressed disapproval at the president’s lack of response to reports that he intends to fire Vice President Kashim Shettima before the 2027 election.
There have been rumors of a purported plot to remove Vice President Kashim Shettima from President Tinubu’s running mate list.
In June, when the rumors were at their height, presidential spokeswoman Bayo Onanuga called the claim a “non-issue,” saying that President Tinubu will select his running partner only after accepting the nomination of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Nonetheless, Baba-Ahmed, who left the Tinubu administration approximately three months ago, stated on Wednesday’s episode of Politics Today on Channels Television that if the rumor was genuinely a “non-issue,” the President ought to have personally refuted it.
“I’d really like to know what causes all of these rumors about Shettima being dropped. To be honest, I believe the President ought to have taken action long ago,” Baba-Ahmed remarked.
