Shetima: 13 Northern Govs Worked Against Tinubu In 2023

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu forgave all the Northern Governors whodid not suport him during the 2023 presidential election,Vice President Kassim Shettiam said.

No fewer than 13 governors from the region refused to support Tinubu, then presidentialcandidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Shetima revealed, saying inspite of the decision of the governors no to support his presidentialbid,Tinubu still went ahead to forgive themafter winning the election, noting that the president has displayed that he hasa large heart.

The vice president spoke on Wednesday during thee turbaning of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as the Sardauna of Ilorin Emirate by the Emir of  Ilorin,  Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, at his palace in the state capital.

Tinubu won the 2023 election by securing over 8.6 million votes,to defeat his closet rivaland Notherner, AtikuAbubakar ofthe Peoples Democratic Party,PDP.

Shetima said only six governors from the north supported Tinubu during the election, but that  Tinubu embraced and forgave them after he won, because he’s a good leader.

He, however , did not mention the governors who refused to support Tinubu, but hinted that Abdulrasaq was among the six governors who supported the president during his presidential bid.

Shetima: “You know we have 19 states. Apart from Niger former governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, seated here, and Malam Abdurrahman AbdulRazaq (governor of Kwara State)…

“But to avoid controversy, I will stop naming the names of the other governors. But the governors that were supporting President Tinubu in the North were not more than six who believed in him. But Tinubu refused to be deterred. He was able to cross the road.”

Meanwhile, 18 Nothern governors who are members ofthe president’s party have declared their support for him regarding the 2027 presidential election. Aside Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, the remaining state governors fromthe region have promsied to workfor him to return tooffice.