Shettima Submits Tinubu's 2027 Nomination Forms to APC

Vice President Kashim Shettima submitted President Bola Tinubu's nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2027 presidential election to the All Progressives Congress national leadership in Abuja on Thursday. The handover occurred at the Shettima Hall of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, where APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda and members of the party's National Working Committee received the documents.

The event drew widespread support from within the APC, including more than a dozen governors elected on the party's platform, such as those from Imo, Plateau, Ogun, Niger, Kaduna, Ondo, Katsina, Borno, Yobe, Nasarawa, Edo and Taraba states. Also present were Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, leaders from the National Assembly, ministers, and Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum Hope Uzodinma, along with other party stakeholders.

The forms, costing 100 million naira, had been purchased on Tinubu's behalf last week by James Faleke, the lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency. This formal step positions Tinubu, who took office in May 2023, to seek a second four-year term through the party's presidential...