A outstanding Northern religious chief and Nationwide Chairman, Ulam’u Council of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, has warned President Tinubu in opposition to dropping his vice, Kashim Shettima, within the 2027 election.
Talking at a spiritual occasion on the Yantaya Mosque in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Sheik Jingir harassed that he will not assist Tinubu’s re-election with out Shettima on the ticket.
This comes amid ongoing hypothesis inside the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that the vice president, who hails from the North-Japanese State of Borno, is perhaps changed with somebody from the North-West area.
Reacting to the event, Sheik Jingir, who, alongside his followers, backed Tinubu’s election bid in 2023, accused some unpatriotic components of making an attempt to drive a wedge between Tinubu and his vice.
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“I’ve learnt that some unpatriotic folks inside and out of doors the APC have been making efforts to destroy Tinubu’s relationship and Shettima to realize their surreptitious targets. That’s not a welcome growth, president Tinubu,” the religious chief mentioned.
“Myself and others round me supported Tinubu and Shettima, and we’re backing your joint ticket. Any try and drop Shettima, I wouldn’t assist that transfer as a result of they’d earlier agreed to contest and work collectively.
“I supported them with out taking a penny from them. Though I’m near Atiku Abubakar, I selected to vote for Tinubu and Shettima. There are rumors circulating that issues aren’t going nicely between the them however I don’t imagine it. In my view, it’s the work of their enemies.”
The cleric urged the President to disregard these calling for Shettima to be dropped in 2027, describing such folks as enemies of progress.
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