Nigeria, June 17 -- Mustapha Salihu, the National Vice Chairman (North East) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has doubled down on his refusal to endorse Vice President Kashim Shettima for renomination as President Bola Tinubu's running mate.

Mr Salihu provoked violent reactions from delegates to the APC's North-east zonal meeting when he proposed the endorsement of President Tinubu for renomination as the party's candidate for the 2027 election, but was silent on the fate of the vice president.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that party leaders in the zone had planned to use the Gombe meeting to send a message to the president of their desire that their zone, through Mr Shettima, a former two-term governor of Borno State, retains the vice...