The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders’ summit in
Gombe descended into chaos on Sunday after some speakers endorsed President
Bola Tinubu for a second term without mentioning Vice-President Kashim
Shettima.
The incident occurred during speeches by top party
officials, beginning with Mustapha Salihu, APC national vice-chairman
(north-east), who endorsed Tinubu as the party’s unopposed candidate for the
2027 presidential election.
However, his failure to acknowledge Shettima sparked an
immediate backlash from attendees.
Delegates, visibly angered by the omission, began shouting
and disrupting the meeting, with some issuing threats of violence.
Salihu was swiftly escorted out by security operatives as
tensions flared.
Bukar Dalori, the deputy national chairman, then addressed
the crowd and endorsed both Tinubu and Shettima for second terms.
Dalori endorsed both Tinubu and Shettima for second terms, a
move widely viewed as an attempt to manage the fallout from Salihu’s remarks.
However, the crowd remained agitated and the unrest persisted.
Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC national chairman, later took the
stage and again endorsed only Tinubu in a speech lasting about ten minutes
without mentioning Shettima.
His speech reignited tensions among attendees, and he was
also quickly escorted from the hall as the situation grew increasingly
volatile.
Videos from the meeting trending on social media showed that
the gathering ended abruptly.
The development comes amid recent rumours surrounding
Shettima’s position within the presidency.
On April 19, the presidency issued a formal denial of
reports alleging that Shettima had been denied access to the presidential
villa.
Stanley Nkwocha, senior special assistant to the president
on media and communications (office of the vice-president), described the
reports as a “deliberate and well-planned orchestration of falsehood”.
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