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Sumner Sambo, Editor for Politics at Arise News, has suggested that Minister of Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, may regret her recent comments on the 2027 presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Sambo stated this on Monday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show.
According to him, Musawa’s warning against dropping Vice President Kashim Shettima, a northern Muslim, from President Bola Tinubu’s re-election ticket could have political consequences.
DAILY POST reported that Musawa had earlier hinted that the APC risks weakening its electoral chances in 2027 if it drops Shettima from its presidential ticket.
Sambo recalled that President Tinubu, during his tenure as Lagos State governor, frequently changed his deputies, arguing that this shows the President is capable of replacing Shettima if he considers it politically expedient.
He warned that any move perceived as reinforcing the dominance of the South-West and North-West could be politically risky.
While acknowledging that Musawa’s concerns were partly valid, Sambo noted that national politics differs significantly from state-level calculations.
Sambo said: “On that of the Hanatu Musawa, I don’t think she would have slept fine after that statement. And we all know what has happened. If you look at the political trajectory of President Tinubu while he was a governor, he changed his deputies.
“So what tells you that he cannot change Shettima? But President Tinubu should actually be very, very careful, because what he’s trying to do is to continue to assert the hegemony of the South-West and then the North-West. If indeed he’s going the way we are hearing, it’s likely going to be a North-West person that will become a vice presidential candidate of his, that may likely be a minority Christian.
“Yeah, she got some of the postulations, very, very right, but I think Tinubu is all setting his eyes on the ball, and of course, he would want to calculate, what he did in Lagos may not actually be applicable at the national level.
“But does President Tinubu like being told the truth? Well, it’s left for those who are APC watchers to actually say that, because he likes himself as a master political strategist. And if he does make this mistake, I can tell you that the ADC will capitalize on it.”
2027: Hannatu Musawa may not ‘sleep well’ after Shettima remark — Sumner Sambo