2027: Shettima holds closed-door meeting with Bello, Badaru, other ex-governors
ice-President Kashim Shettima is holding a closed-door meeting with former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, former Jigawa State Governor Abubakar Badaru and other political figures at the Presidential Villa, Abuja The…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima's meeting with former governors Yahaya Bello and Abubakar Badaru comes amid heightened positioning within the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2027 general election. Both men were two-term APC governors of Kogi and Jigawa states respectively, and retain networks of loyalists within the party's northern bloc, making their alignment significant to any campaign structure being assembled for President Bola Tinubu's re-election bid.
The coverage is consistent on the fact and venue of the meeting — the Presidential Villa, Abuja — and its timing relative to the planned launch of the APC's 2027 campaign council. Legit.ng adds that the gathering involved leaders of the Arewa for Asiwaju Movement, a pro-Tinubu northern support group, suggesting the session was geared toward consolidating northern political support ahead of the campaign rollout. Neither report discloses the full guest list, what was specifically agreed upon, or when the campaign council will be formally unveiled.