Islamisation Agenda: Shettima Names Igbo, Christian As Security Aides
Ahead the presidential inauguration, the Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima has an Igbo as his Chief Security Officer and a Northern Christian as Aide De Camp (ADC), dousing perceived Islamisation agenda in the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.
Shettima made the disclosure at a lecture in Abuja which formed a part of the events around Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s inauguration as President tomorrow, May 29.
The incoming Vice President denied that there any plan to islamise Nigeria.
Senator Shettima said that he was a child of necessity, while allying claims that he and his principal, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have an agenda to islamise the country.
“I was a child of necessity, there is no Islamisation agenda,” he said, adding that “Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is a Muslim who is married to a Christian, not only a Christian but a pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God”.
Tinubu a former governor of Lagos State in South West Nigeria who is a Muslim, choose Senator Kashim Shettima who was a former Governor of Borno, North East of the country, also a Muslim as his running mate.
The Muslim-Muslim ticket generated hues and cries among the Nigerian people.
This was in view of the activities of Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorist in Northern Nigeria, which a lot of people saw the choice of another Muslim as a Vice presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 electioneering process as a ploy to Islamise the country.
He said, “Someone who has not Islamised his family, people are alluding that he has the intention to Islamise the nation. So there are no plans to Islamise Nigeria.”
“Politics is about perception. As we begin the formation of a new administration, I deliberately picked an Igbo man, a Catholic, to be my Chief Security Officer,” he stated.
He maintained that his choice was for the purpose of inclusivity and togetherness. “Again I deliberately picked a Northern Christian to be my ADC. So the so-called founder of Boko Haram is going to be protected by another Christian.”
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