There was outrage and violence at the meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in the North East on Sunday after Comrade Mustapha Salihu, National Vice Chairman of the ruling party in the North East failed to mention the name of Vice President Kashim Shettima while endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term.
The meeting, which was held in Gombe, Gombe State, was attended by virtually all Ministers, members of National and State Assemblies, Governors and other appointees of the party from the region.
Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the APC, also led some key personalities to the event.
When it was the turn of Salihu to speak, he endorsed Tinubu to emerge as an unopposed candidate of the APC for a second term but was silent about Shettima.
The moment he finished his speech, delegates at the forum started to hurl insults at him, with some threatening to attack him physically, but he had to be escorted out of the meeting by security operatives.
To calm the situation, the Deputy National Chairman of the party, Bukar Dalori, endorsed both Tinubu and Shettima for a second term.
Daily Trust reports that Shettima is from Borno, one of the States in the North East region.
The meeting ended abruptly after the National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, also endorsed Tinubu alone, without Shettima.
Our correspondent reports that Ganduje didn’t also mention Shettima’s name throughout his speech, which lasted about 10 minutes.
He had to be also escorted out of the venue by security operatives.
First published in Daily Trust
