₦airaland Forum

Benjanni:
Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu secured the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential ticket for the 2027 general elections, at the party's nationwide direct primaries which held on Saturday, May 23, 2026, uncertainty has continued to surround his choice of a running mate.

Several Political Observers have pointed to the President's delay in naming a Vice Presidential Candidate for 2027, fueling speculations about the future of Vice President Kashim Shettima, on the APC ticket.

The speculations have been heightened by emerging tensions within party ranks, and what some Observers describe as repeated "symbolic exclusions" of Shettima from key APC events.

Recall, that last year, outrage erupted in Maiduguri, after the APC North-East Zonal Public Hearing on Constitutional Amendments featured a banner displaying the images of President Tinubu, North-East APC Governors, and the party's National Legal Adviser, while omitting the Vice President. Party Stakeholders described the development as a serious slight, with the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, publicly condemning the omission.

Observers also recalled a similar incident in Gombe State, where Shettima's image was reportedly excluded from an APC event banner, sparking tensions within the party.

Amid the growing debate, a former sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has re-entered the political spotlight. Lawal was among prominent Northern Christian Politicians who opposed the APC's Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2023, and subsequently distanced himself from the party's Presidential campaign.

His recent attacks on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, have also triggered fresh political interpretations. Some Observers believe that the criticisms may be part of a broader effort to reposition himself within the evolving political equation, ahead of 2027, including speculations about a possible Vice Presidential ambition with President Tinubu.

Adding fuel to the debate, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, had in August 2025, suggested that Lawal was unhappy after failing to secure the Vice Presidential slot of the APC, in 2023.

"When Mr. President chose his Vice Presidential Candidate, I was one of those Babachir Lawal visited. He came to my house in Port Harcourt. What was his anger? His anger was that he thought Mr. President would have chosen him as the Vice Presidential Candidate. Having not done that, he let loose", Wike said on Channels Television's Politics Today.

As political calculations ahead of 2027 intensify, some Political Observers have linked Lawal's recent criticism of Atiku, as a case of betrayal and positioning himself for the Vice Presidential slot of the APC.

For now, the debate remains firmly in the realm of political speculations, even as the silence surrounding President Tinubu's eventual running mate continues to fuel intrigue across the country's political landscape.

Ance4Liverpool:
That one concern them
My own is for Peter obi and kwankwaso to succeed

Chucks13:
To succeed in your village I guess.

IJAYA001:
Shetima may become a blocking stone if not properly managed.

Fire on the mountain.

Ance4Liverpool:
Even if Peter obi didn't later become president,na you go still suffer pass

Ance4Liverpool:
Even if Peter obi didn't later become president,na you go still suffer pass

Ance4Liverpool:
Even if Peter obi didn't later become president,na you go still suffer pass

Chucks13:
Point of correction remove that "if he later" not become the president, remove it ASAP.

We will rather end democracy in Nigeria forever or Tinubu becomes Mobutu, Mugabe and Biya put together than for obi to rule Nigeria. Nothing like "later" he will never ever and ever rule Nigeria alive so take him to ohanaeze to rule over them its fine.

Mind you he is my kinsmen somehow, I mean somehow cus by descedsncy genealogy is more igala man than igbo so get that fact and you talking about suffering so obi has solve the suffering of his village talkless of Nigeria? Name one person in entire igboland obi with a wealth of over $180m has helped or lifter up to become something? Nobody not even a single soul, so na dat pesin who wan remove your suffering ba? Hello, rest abeg make we hear word.

Freshtruth:
Peter obi u fought for couldn't fight for u, peter obi u enter the sun and rain for couldn't help u guys, peter obi u gas enemies because of couldn't help u Aisha can't u and Peter akah smeil the confin? Peter obi has brought shame to the obidents why not move to Apc and support the president to keep the president in the south? Why not give tinubu a second chance to finish is works? Judge tinubu after 8yrs , judging him in just 4yrs is unfair
Peter obi na very bad person

Chucks13:
Point of correction remove that "if he later" not become the president, remove it ASAP.

We will rather end democracy in Nigeria forever or Tinubu becomes Mobutu, Mugabe and Biya put together than for obi to rule Nigeria. Nothing like "later" he will never ever and ever rule Nigeria alive so take him to ohanaeze to rule over them its fine.

Mind you he is my kinsmen somehow, I mean somehow cus by descedsncy genealogy is more igala man than igbo so get that fact and you talking about suffering so obi has solve the suffering of his village talkless of Nigeria? Name one person in entire igboland obi with a wealth of over $180m has helped or lifter up to become something? Nobody not even a single soul, so na dat pesin who wan remove your suffering ba? Hello, rest abeg make we hear word.

Benjanni:
Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu secured the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential ticket for the 2027 general elections, at the party's nationwide direct primaries which held on Saturday, May 23, 2026, uncertainty has continued to surround his choice of a running mate.

Several Political Observers have pointed to the President's delay in naming a Vice Presidential Candidate for 2027, fueling speculations about the future of Vice President Kashim Shettima, on the APC ticket.

The speculations have been heightened by emerging tensions within party ranks, and what some Observers describe as repeated "symbolic exclusions" of Shettima from key APC events.

Recall, that last year, outrage erupted in Maiduguri, after the APC North-East Zonal Public Hearing on Constitutional Amendments featured a banner displaying the images of President Tinubu, North-East APC Governors, and the party's National Legal Adviser, while omitting the Vice President. Party Stakeholders described the development as a serious slight, with the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, publicly condemning the omission.

Observers also recalled a similar incident in Gombe State, where Shettima's image was reportedly excluded from an APC event banner, sparking tensions within the party.

Amid the growing debate, a former sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has re-entered the political spotlight. Lawal was among prominent Northern Christian Politicians who opposed the APC's Muslim-Muslim ticket in 2023, and subsequently distanced himself from the party's Presidential campaign.

His recent attacks on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, have also triggered fresh political interpretations. Some Observers believe that the criticisms may be part of a broader effort to reposition himself within the evolving political equation, ahead of 2027, including speculations about a possible Vice Presidential ambition with President Tinubu.

Adding fuel to the debate, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, had in August 2025, suggested that Lawal was unhappy after failing to secure the Vice Presidential slot of the APC, in 2023.

"When Mr. President chose his Vice Presidential Candidate, I was one of those Babachir Lawal visited. He came to my house in Port Harcourt. What was his anger? His anger was that he thought Mr. President would have chosen him as the Vice Presidential Candidate. Having not done that, he let loose", Wike said on Channels Television's Politics Today.

As political calculations ahead of 2027 intensify, some Political Observers have linked Lawal's recent criticism of Atiku, as a case of betrayal and positioning himself for the Vice Presidential slot of the APC.

For now, the debate remains firmly in the realm of political speculations, even as the silence surrounding President Tinubu's eventual running mate continues to fuel intrigue across the country's political landscape.

Validated:
god of Igala has spoken, Obi will rule you abd your entire communitytǰ.
Peter Okute Gringori Obi, the President- jn-Waiting

Ance4Liverpool:
Assistant Jesus Weldon sir