Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga has revealed when President Bola Tinubu plans to select a running mate for the 2027 presidential election.

This was as he dismissed claims surrounding an alleged commission of Vice President Kashim Shettima from the All Progressives Congress ticket for 2027.

Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on information and strategy, addressed the claims during an interview with Daily Trust.

“When I read the report, I dismissed it as a non-issue. In a presidential system, the candidate emerges first and then selects a running mate. That’s what happened under Buhari – he was nominated first and later picked his running mate. You don’t do both at once.

“Once INEC releases the timetable, the party convention will hold, and if the president is nominated again, he will choose his running mate,” he said.

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