{"id":235238,"date":"2025-08-31T20:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/2027-apc-chieftain-warns-against-replacing-shettima-as-tinubus-running-mate\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T20:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:01:33","slug":"2027-apc-chieftain-warns-against-replacing-shettima-as-tinubus-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/2027-apc-chieftain-warns-against-replacing-shettima-as-tinubus-running-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: APC chieftain warns against replacing Shettima as Tinubu\u2019s running mate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Chief Dele Oyelude, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned against calls for the replacement of Vice-President Kashim Shettima.<\/p>\n<p>Oyelude, who is the director-general of Tinubu-Shettima Ambassadors, described those making such demands as \u201cenemies of the APC\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sunday, he described Shettima as the \u201cmost loyal\u201d vice-president in the history of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cVice President Kashim Shettima is the most loyal, calm and resourceful vice president in the history of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose calling for his replacement are enemies of the All Progressives Congress and the good governance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The APC chieftain said Shettima\u2019s record of loyalty was evident in his time as governor of Borno and as a federal legislator.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the presidency to sustain the collaboration between President Bola <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>and Shettima, adding that the partnership is an \u201cintimidating force\u201d that cannot be defeated by any political opponent in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>His words: \u201cTinubu-Shettima combination is intimidating and a threat to any political opponent to defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir experience as both former governor and senator is reflected in a smooth, progressive, and productive administration. Kashim Shettima should not be replaced. He is a perfect match for APC victory and Nigeria\u2019s greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oyelude also faulted suggestions that the APC should open up its 2027 presidential ticket, arguing that no political force can rival the Tinubu-Shettima ticket.<\/p>\n<p>The article was originally published on Politics Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Dele Oyelude, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned against calls for the replacement of Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Oyelude, who is the director-general of Tinubu-Shettima Ambassadors, described those making such demands as \u201cenemies of the APC\u201d. Speaking on Sunday, he described Shettima as the \u201cmost loyal\u201d vice-president in the history of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":235239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/489926864_9902700726447115_5091654051673399438_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}