Constitution makes vice president subordinate, not equal – Mahdi Shehu tells Peter Obi

A nationalist commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has criticised the thought of adjacent concern betwixt a president and vice president successful Nigeria.
According to him, the constitution does not enactment specified arrangement.

Shehu made the remark successful a station connected X connected Sunday nighttime portion reacting to a connection by the statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi.

Obi had earlier said erstwhile Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, would service arsenic an adjacent spouse successful authorities if they triumph the 2027 statesmanlike election.

Obi made the connection portion unveiling Kwankwaso arsenic his moving mate astatine the party’s nationalist normal successful Abuja.

He stressed that their medication would beryllium antithetic from the accepted operation wherever the vice president is seen arsenic a spare tyre.

“The authorities we mean to signifier volition nary longer beryllium a authorities wherever anybody volition accidental that the vice president is simply a spare tyre,” Obi said.

“The vice president volition beryllium a spouse due to the fact that we privation to physique a federation wherever determination are 2 adjacent radical who enactment for the greatness of the country. Decisions volition beryllium taken arsenic partners. Everybody volition beryllium consulted,” helium added.

However, reacting to the proposal, Mahdi Shehu said the Nigerian constitution places the vice president successful a subordinate presumption to the president and not arsenic an adjacent authority.

“The constitution of Nigeria made each vice ...