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The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has finally unveiled former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as running mate to its presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The unveiling ceremony took place at an event in Abuja on Wednesday, June 20, 2022.
This development was made known by President Muhammadu Buhari’s former Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad via Twitter on Wednesday afternoon.
His Tweet reads: “Our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), unveils Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate of our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he tweeted.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu had picked Shettima as his running mate following his emergence as the party’s presidential candidate.
Although the Muslim-Muslim ticket has sparked reactions and arguments across the country.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and some prominent Christians have kicked against the decision to fly a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
The two other major candidates in next year’s election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party picked a Christian and Muslim running mate respectively to fly a Muslim -Christian ticket.