Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan, has protested exclusion of Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s picture on the banner portraying party leaders in the region.

The banner carried the picture of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, five APC governors of the NorthEast and the National Legal Adviser.

Protesting, the speaker said it was unfair for the organisers to print the banner without the picture of the vice president, especially being that the event is taking place in his hometown.

He also recalled that similar omission triggered the fracas that disrupted the APC meeting in Gombe last year.

“This is what created the fracas in Gombe, and it’s repeating itself here in Borno. I don’t know the motive of the organisers but it’s not right.”

“How can the organisers exclude the picture of a sitting vice president, who is from Borno and the North East zone,” he said.

His complaint was reechoed by the crowd, who responded with a thunderous applaue.

Governors and stakeholders of the APC are currently in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, for the North East zonal public hearing for the amendment of the party’s Constitution. (Daily Trust)