APC Clips PDP, LP, NNPP As Shettima Visits Populous Arewa Community In Major Southwest's Voting Bloc

APC Clips PDP, LP, NNPP As Shettima Visits Populous Arewa Community In Major Southwest's Voting Bloc

  • Kashim Shettima, the APC vice presidential candidate, has visited Alaba Rago, a Hausa/Fulani community in Ojo LGA of Lagos state
  • Sharing the video of the visit, Bashir Ahmed, President Muhammadu Buhari's aide, described the moment as street credibility
  • Shettima's visit could scuttle the chances of other political parties in the state in the 2023 elections, as Lagos and the community, in particular, are major voting blocs

Ojo, Lagos - The All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, has visited one of the populous Arewa communities in Lagos.

Alaba Rago is a leading community in the southwest state dominated by Nigerians of northern origin, a community in the Ojo local government area of Lagos state.

Kashim Shettima/APC/2023 election/Lagos/Alaba Rago
2023 Election: Shettima campaigns in Lagos Photo Credit: Kashim Shettima
Source: Facebook

According to the recent voter registration, Lagos is a leading voting bloc in the 2023 presidential election, with a record of a 7.57% increase in its voters' register.

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Arewa Kashim Shettima Lagos APC

As part of the APC campaign strategy, the ruling party vice presidential candidate, who is also a leading figure in the northern part of the country, visited the northerners living in the state.

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The move by the APC could affect the chances of other political parties in the state as the votes of the Arewa community in the state cannot be undermined.

Other leading political parties in the 2023 election included the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

Shettima campaigns in Lagos

Taking to his Twitter page to share the video, Bashir Ahmed, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special assistant on digital communications and deputy director of special media project and new media of the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign council, said it is street acceptability.

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He captioned the video:

“The ‘street acceptability’. The APC Vice Presidential Candidate, H.E. Kashim Shettima at the Alaba Rago community, Ojo, Lagos.”

See the video here:

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Bashir Ahmad, a chieftain of the APC, has condemned Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, for taking a nap at the palace of the Emir of Lafia, Nasarawa State.

Ahmad, who is a special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, took to his social media page to share pictures of the moment Peter Obi visited the Emir.

Peter Obi visited the Emir as he kick-started his presidential campaign for the 2023 presidential election in Lafia, Nasarawa state capital.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng