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Tinubu 2023: Revisit Shettima, Lalong’s positions for national unity - Group tells APC

Ahead of next year’s general elections, the All Progressives Congress has been urged to revisit its choice of Kashim Shettima and Governor Simon Lalong as vice-presidential candidate and campaign director-general respectively.  The Coalition of North East and North Central APC Stakeholders made the call at a press conference on Monday in Abuja.  In a statement titled ‘APC: Muslim-Muslim ticket and its peril to our Electoral Chances’, the group said the party’s insistence on same faith ticket has caused untold disaffection in its ranks. According to Secretary-General, Dauda Yakubu, the choice of Shettima as Bola Tinubu’s running mate is insensitive and utter disrespect for the ethnic and religious plurality of the country. “The leadership of the Coalition of North East and North Central APC Stakeholders is holding this press conference to drive home a crucial point that can affect the party's electoral chances in the forthcoming presidential elections,” Yakubu said.  “It r...