July10, 2022

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has confirmed a former two-term governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima as his running mate.

Tinubu made the announcement on Sunday in Daura, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The former governor of Lagos State briefed reporters of his choice at the end of a close-door meeting that lasted about an hour with Buhari at the President’s residence.

According to him, Shettima was selected because the former Borno State governor is “competent, capable, reliable and able to be picked as a running mate”.

Tinubu was accompanied to Daura by Governor Aminu Masari shortly after his aircraft landed at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport in Katsina State.