{"id":171016,"date":"2025-07-24T09:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-should-have-refuted-shettima-rumors"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:53:51","slug":"tinubu-should-have-refuted-shettima-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-should-have-refuted-shettima-rumors","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Should Have Refuted Shettima Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on political matters, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has frowned at the president\u2019s silence on rumours suggesting he plans to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>There are speculations of an alleged plot to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as President Tinubu\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that during an interview in June, at the height of the speculation, presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga dismissed the claim as a \u2018non-issue,\u2019 stating that President Tinubu would choose his running mate only after accepting the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking, however, on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday, Baba-Ahmed, who resigned from his position in the Tinubu administration about three months ago, said the President should have personally debunked the rumour if it was truly a \u2018non-issue.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be very curious to find out what it is that makes all these stories about dropping him (Shettima). I think, somewhere along the line, to be honest, the President should have done something a long time ago,\u201d Baba-Ahmed said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on political matters, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has frowned at the president\u2019s silence on rumours suggesting he plans to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2027 election. 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