US EditionShettima Hints at Disagreement with Tinubu over State of Emergency in Rivers
NIGERIA, JUL 10 – Vice President Shettima contrasted past and recent emergency declarations, highlighting constitutional checks that prevented his removal as governor despite security crises, amid ongoing political tensions.
- During the memoir launch in Abuja on July 10, Vice President Kashim Shettima hinted he disagreed with President Tinubu’s recent declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State.
- During President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Shettima was nearly removed as Borno governor during Boko Haram insurgency, but Adoke and Tambuwal halted it on constitutional grounds.
- Shettima hinted he did not agree with Tinubu’s Rivers State emergency declaration during a July 10 Abuja event, recalling past near-removal under President Jonathan.
- The suspension of Rivers State leaders and appointment of a federal administrator in 2025 restored stability amid political crisis.
- Shettima's remarks have reignited debate over Nigeria's constitutional limits on emergency powers amid speculation about his 2027 presidential run, highlighting federal-state tensions.
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Adoke’s book launch: How Adoke, Tambuwal stopped Jonathan from removing me as Borno gov – Shettima – Daily Trust
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said he was the “most demonised” public official under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration and would have been removed as governor of Borno State but for the intervention of the then Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke, and the then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Shettima revealed that Jonathan had considered removing him as governor amid the…
Fact Check : Law on President’s Power to Remove/Suspend Gov.
By, Sola Hundogan Vice President Kashim Shettima has created constitutional issue with his remark recently. He said during my tenure as Governor of Borno State, President Goodluck Jonathan sought to remove me from office by declaring a State of Emergency. However, the then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, alongside the ...
Rivers crisis: Presidency Clarifies VP Shettima’s Comments at Abuja Book Launch
The Presidency has clarified that Vice President Kashim Shettima’s recent remarks at a book launch in Abuja were not related to the ongoing situation in Rivers State. In a statement released on Friday, Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President), dismissed the claims as a “gross misrepresentation” and a “reckless endangerment of national cohesion.” Nkwocha said She…
Presidency: Rivers Situation Not Comparable To Borno Under Shettima
The Presidency has said that the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the subsequent suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other elected officials by President Bola Tinubu were carried out in full compliance with the Nigerian Constitution. Reacting to viral reports quoting Vice President Kashim Shettima as thanking former Attorney General... The post Presidency: Rivers Situation Not Comparable To Borno Under Shettima ap…
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