The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as baseless the rumour making round about the possibility of replacing Vice President Kashim Shettima as the running mate of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said the rumours and name speculations were purely speculative, untrue and utterly baseless.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to growing media frenzy about possible replacement of Vice President Kashim Shettima as the running mate to President Bola Tinubu under the platform of our great Party ahead of the 2027 General Elections.
“While these stories have been mostly subtle, they recently assumed a new dimension when names of specific individuals were touted as possible replacement for Vice President Shettima.
“Our party states in categorical terms that the stories are purely speculative, untrue, and utterly baseless.”
The party also urged media organisations to refrain from lending their platforms to rumour-peddlers and mischievous “news sources” of questionable provenance whose only intention is to promote discord and confusion in the polity.
Reiterating the laws and electoral regulations banning political activities remain in force, the party maintained that “at this time, our party remains focused on supporting President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima in delivering the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda and entrenching its bold reforms that are now steadily transforming the economy, building prosperity, and uplifting the living conditions of our people.”
The party also called on our ministers, senior government and officials to avoid wittingly or unwittingly, stoking needless speculations, advising them “to focus on their primary duty of diligent service to government and our Party, and bolster the success and achievements of President Tinubu, our inimitable and visionary leader. “