Former Political Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has opined that it is too risky for the President to pick his Vice President for 2027 from the Northwest. There have been permutations that Tinubu could pick another Vice Presidential candidate ahead of 2027.
Amid these permutations, Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, has been identified as a possible choice. However, while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Baba-Ahmed hinted that Tinubu could pick his Vice President from Kano State.
According to him, if Tinubu consider changing his Vice President, it could potentially cause discontent among Muslims. He said: “The President cannot go to the Northwest because the late Buhari just finished his eight years; going to the Northwest is a bit risky. “However, if he wants he can go to Kano, but the gap between the NNPP and APC in Kano in 2023 is just 500k.
For the population of Kano, that is not too much. So, what do you gain if you pick somebody from Kano compared to what you lose if a lot of people vote against your party?”
