The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday announced former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate
Below are 5 Things To Know About Tinubu’s New Running Mate, Shetima.
- Shettima was a two-time Governor of Borno State and a close associate of Tinubu who has been a staunch supporter and campaigner for the APC national leader as the next President of Nigeria. (1/5)
- He was elected Senator and he currently represents Borno Central senatorial district of Borno State since 2019. (2/5)
- He is 56-year-old former Banker. He was born on September 2, 1966 to the family of Sir Kashim Ibrahim. He is married to Nana Shettima, and they have three children: two females and a male. (3/5)
- From 2007 to 2011, he served as Commissioner in five Ministries of Borno State before becoming the State governor in 2011. (4/5)
He studied at the University of Maiduguri and earned a BSc in Agricultural Economics in 1989. He had his one-year compulsory membership of the NYSC at the defunct Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative Bank, Calabar, Cross River State in South-South, Nigeria, from 1989 to 1990. (5/5)
