Former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has criticised certain leaders of the All Progressives Congress for sidelining Vice President Kashim Shettima during a political gathering held to endorse President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in 2027.
The event, which took place on Sunday in Nigeria’s North-East region, descended into disorder after prominent APC figures, including the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, and North-East Zonal Leader Mustapha Salihu, omitted any mention of Vice President Shettima in their remarks.
The omission sparked protests from party members and delegates in attendance, who disrupted proceedings in apparent frustration. It took the intervention of Bukar Dalori, the Deputy National Vice Chairman (North-East), to restore order after he addressed the crowd and acknowledged the Vice President.
Reacting to the incident on X (formerly Twitter), Bashir Ahmad, who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari, warned that sidelining Shettima in political discourse around 2027 could threaten party cohesion.
He wrote, “Those deliberately mentioning President Tinubu’s name in the context of 2027 while conveniently ignoring his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima, are not acting in the best interest of our great party, the APC.
“In politics, both what is said and what is left unsaid can be interpreted in many different ways. What we know is that it is a BAT/KSM joint ticket,” he wrote.
