A combined picture of Abdullahi Ganduje and Mustapha Salihu
By Abdullahi Abubakar
A mild drama played out at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Gombe, venue of the meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in the North- East, on Sunday, after Comrade Mustapha Salihu, National Vice Chairman of the ruling party in the North-East, failed to mention the name of Vice-President Kashim Shettima while endorsing President Bola Tinubu for a second term.
Salihu endorsed Tinubu to emerge as an unopposed candidate of the APC but was silent about Shettima.
The meeting was attended by ministers, lawmakers, and governors of the party from the region.
The moment he finished his speech, delegates at the forum started to hurl insults at him, with some threatening to attack him physically, but he had to be escorted out of the meeting by security operatives.
To calm the situation, the Deputy National Chairman of the party, Bukar Dalori, endorsed both Tinubu and Shettima for a second term.
In the same vein, Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the APC, who also led some key personalities to the event endorsed Tinubu without mentioning the name of Vice President Kashim Shettima.
Ganduje didn’t also mention Shettima’s name throughout his speech, which lasted about 10 minutes.
He had to be also escorted out of the venue by security operatives.
Shettima hails from Borno, one of the states in the North-East region.
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