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The Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, is currently meeting behind closed doors with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the State House, Abuja. Our correspondent spotted the former Borno State Governor and his successor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, being ushered in to see the President at minutes before 04:00 pm on Wednesday. The meeting comes hours after Shettima’s official unveiling as the running mate to the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Visiting the President at his Daura home on July 10, Tinubu had revealed that he chose Shettima because “he is competent, capable and reliable”.

The President of Nigeria called the security chiefs for an emergency meeting this morning. According to a tweet from the Presidency this morning at 11am, the meeting was chairman by the President and counted with the presence of Vice President Prof. Osinbajo. one of the presidential advisers, Bashir Ahmad, who described the information leaked by the Gazzette as fake news. The President' s chief special assistant Garba Shehu later confirmed the information that it was a " foolish attempt" to blow the horn of the chief of staff, but that the attack did not take place.