A former special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on political matters, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has frowned at the president’s silence on rumours suggesting he plans to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2027 election.
According to reports, there are speculations of an alleged plot to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as President Tinubu’s running mate.
Recall that during an interview in June, at the height of the speculation, presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga dismissed the claim as a ‘non-issue,’ stating that President Tinubu would choose his running mate only after accepting the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination.
Speaking, however, on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday, Baba-Ahmed, who resigned from his position in the Tinubu administration about three months ago, said the President should have personally debunked the rumour if it was truly a ‘non-issue.’
“I would be very curious to find out what it is that makes all these stories about dropping him (Shettima). I think, somewhere along the line, to be honest, the President should have done something a long time ago,” Baba-Ahmed said.
