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Tinubu picks Kashim Shettima as running mate

 

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 polls, Bola Tinubu has confirmed Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate.

Tinubu is expected to unveil Shetimma to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the leader of the party in his hometown in Daura, Katsina State on Sunday (today).

President Buhari has been in Daura since Friday for the Eid-el Kabir celebration.

Recall that Shettima played a lead role in the pre-presidential primaries campaign of Tinubu.

Shettima, the representative of Borno Central Senatorial District, was a former two-term Governor of Borno State, Vanguard reports.

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