{
  "id": 8036658,
  "title": "Shettima clarifies comment on northern governors’ support for Tinubu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/shettima-clarifies-comment-on-northern-governors-support-for-tinubu",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T14:28:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/shettima-clarifies-comment-on-northern-governors-support-for-tinubu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Vice President Kashim Shettima clarified his comments regarding the support of northern governors for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2022 All Progressives Congress presidential primary. In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, Shettima's reference to six northern governors who \"believed in and supported\" Tinubu was limited to political consultations and alignments before the APC primary in June 2022. The clarification came a day after Shettima's statement that only six of the 19 northern governors had supported Tinubu's presidential bid in the 2023 election. The Vice President's office emphasized that Shettima holds northern governors and other APC leaders in high regard and regrets any interpretation of his remarks that suggested otherwise.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "2027: Benue APC stakeholders declare support for Alia, Tinubu’s re-election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/2027-benue-apc-stakeholders-declare-support-for-alia-tinubus-re",
        "published": "2026-09-17T12:47:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Shettima clarifies comment on northern governors’ support for Tinubu",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/shettima-clarifies-comment-on-northern-governors-support-for-tinubu-8040542",
        "published": "2026-09-17T14:50:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}