{"id":175849,"date":"2025-08-24T08:50:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T07:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-will-win-with-muslim-muslim-ticket-apc-chieftain"},"modified":"2025-08-24T09:52:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T08:52:01","slug":"tinubu-will-win-with-muslim-muslim-ticket-apc-chieftain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/tinubu-will-win-with-muslim-muslim-ticket-apc-chieftain","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Will Win With Muslim-Muslim Ticket APC Chieftain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Haruna Yerima has expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu would win the 2027 presidential elections if he adopts Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Yerima expressed this hope on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to a statement credited to the Northern Ethnic Nationality Forum, NENF.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that the group urged President Tinubu to drop Sen. Shettima and avoid repeating the Muslim-Muslim ticket.<\/p>\n<p>It also said that Tinubu must pick a Christian from the Plateau, Benue, and Taraba states to allay the fears of Islamisation agenda by his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group, retaining the Muslim-Muslim ticket would give the opposition a ready campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, however, Yerima said it was fallacy and unfounded to make such statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe claim that the APC may lose the 2027 presidential elections if President Bola Tinubu adopts Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate is insane and unfounded,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former House of Representatives member added that the insinuation that Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi\u2019s ticket would defeat that of Tinubu\/Shettima is a jaundiced and amateur political permutation without any empirical backing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe dismiss this statement by one Dominic Alancha of a faceless organisation, Northern Ethnic Nationality Forum, who urged President Tinubu to drop Sen. Shettima and avoid repeating the Muslim-Muslim ticket,\u201d he stated.<\/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 chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof. Haruna Yerima has expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu would win the 2027 presidential elections if he adopts Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate. 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