Vice President Kashim Shettima says only six of Nigeria’s 19 northern state governors supported President Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambition in the 2023 general elections. He made the claim while speaking at the palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, during the turbanning of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as the Sardauna of Ilorin.
Both outlets report the same central point: Shettima provides a specific figure for how many northern governors backed Tinubu in 2023. The reports frame the disclosure as part of a political and ceremonial setting, tying the comments to events in Ilorin. Other details, such as how the remaining northern governors approached the election or what prompted the comparison among governors, are not provided in the supplied excerpts. The accounts do not indicate any immediate response from the governors named or from Tinubu’s campaign team.
