The presidential candidate for All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has picked a running mate ahead of the 2023 presidential election, he has announced senator Kashim Shetima as his running mate.
The former Lagos state governor made the announcement on Sunday in Daura, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State.
Tinubu, briefed reporters about the choice at the end of a close-door meeting that lasted about an hour with Buhari at the President’s residence.
Pending a choice of a running mate, Bola Tinubu, picked Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State to stand as the Vice presidential candidate.
According to the APC stalwart, Shettima was selected because the former Borno State governor is “competent, capable, reliable and able to be picked as a running mate”.
The APC presidential candidate was accompanied to Daura by Governor Aminu Masari shortly after his aircraft landed at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport in Katsina State.
