ThisDay· 4h ago· 1 min read
In the annals of Nigerian politics, loyalty is no doubt a rare currency. It is often tested by fire, traded for convenience, and often discarded when power shifts. However, once in a while, a story emerges that reminds us what conviction looks like. Therefore, the recent confirmation that President Bola Tinubu will retain Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for 2027 poll is not just a political decision. It is a verdict.
A verdict on loyalty, strategy, and the long game. It closes two years of whispers, plots, and “poisonous enmity,” and opens a new chapter of trust that began long before 2023, writes Ismail Omipidan .
olitics is influenced by interests, sentiments, and emotions. According to the late Maxim Gorky, a Russian-Soviet writer and one of the proponents of Socialism, politics is “the soil in which the nettle of poisonous enmity, evil suspicions, shameless…
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