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A stakeholders meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-East held in Gombe, the capital of Gombe State on Sunday ended up in chaos after key party leaders including the National Vice Chairman (North-East), Comrade Mustapha Salihu, and the APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, failed to mention Vice President Kashim Shettima in their speeches while endorsing President Bola Tinubu for a second term in 2027.
The high-level consultative meeting which was attended by APC governors, ministers, lawmakers, and other prominent leaders from the North-East region, was further disrupted when loyalists of the VP faulted Ganduje, Salihu, and other speakers for deliberately failing to mention Shettima’s name while endorsing Tinubu which they believed was a subtle move to drop him as the president’s running mate for the 2027 presidential election.
A video of the incident shared on social media captured the moment Salihu’s speech sparked an immediate backlash from attendees as the visibly angry delegates began shouting and disrupting the meeting, with some issuing threats of violence before Salihu was swiftly escorted out by security operatives as tensions flared.
The party’s Deputy National Chairman, Bukar Dalori, who addressed the crowd shortly after the brouhaha, tried to assuage the situation by endorsing both Tinubu and Shettima for second terms but by then, the damage had already been done.
meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-East held in Gombe, the capital of Gombe State on Sunday ended up in chaos after key party leaders including the National Vice Chairman (North-East), Comrade Mustapha Salihu, and the APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, failed to mention Vice President Kashim Shettima in their speeches while endorsing President Bola Tinubu for a second term in 2027.
The high-level consultative meeting which was attended by APC governors, ministers, lawmakers, and other prominent leaders from the North-East region, was further disrupted when loyalists of the VP faulted Ganduje, Salihu, and other speakers for deliberately failing to mention Shettima’s name while endorsing Tinubu which they believed was a subtle move to drop him as the president’s running mate for the 2027 presidential election.
A video of the incident shared on social media captured the moment Salihu’s speech sparked an immediate backlash from attendees as the visibly angry delegates began shouting and disrupting the meeting, with some issuing threats of violence before Salihu was swiftly escorted out by security operatives as tensions flared.
The party’s Deputy National Chairman, Bukar Dalori, who addressed the crowd shortly after the brouhaha, tried to assuage the situation by endorsing both Tinubu and Shettima for second terms but by then, the damage had already been done.
