Vice President Kashim Shettima cannot be blamed for having doubts about whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would renominate him as his running mate for a second term.
As governor of Lagos State for eight years, Tinubu used three deputies: KofoworolaBucknor-Akerele, Femi Pedro, and AbiodunOgunleye. Only Senate President GodswillAkpabio (as AkwaIbom governor) matched this record in the last 27 years. Whether it was a matter of style, chemistry, or vision, Governor Tinubu always had a reason to change his deputies. In Shettima’s case, history was not the only reason for concern.
Some desperately wanted his job from the start. A few were party stalwarts, like embattled former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who sources said thought it fair compensation for weighing in on Tinubu’s behalf when President MuhammaduBuhari was wavering about who would succeed him.
Of course, National Security Adviser NuhuRibadu, who smelled trouble a million miles away, blocked El-Rufai soon enough, just as Shettima also launched his own simultaneous independent attack.
A deadly controversy
