Nigeria: How Some People Claimed I Planned to Kill Tinubu to Take Over Power - VP Shettima
Shettima said the allegation failed because Tinubu dismissed claims that he planned to use clothing to kill him and seize power.
- On Tuesday in Abuja, Vice President Kashim Shettima revealed that visitors from Borno State warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop wearing traditional attire gifted by Shettima, alleging the garments were charmed to kill him.
- President Tinubu rejected the accusations, telling Shettima the story 'did not add up' because the garments were gifted before they held their current offices. He deliberately wore the clothing for a week to publicly rebuke the superstition.
- Speaking at the autobiography launch of General Yakubu Gowon, 'My Life of Duty and Allegiance,' Shettima shared the episode to highlight how suspicion smears relationships and urged Nigerians to embrace unity.
- Quoting civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Shettima emphasized that Nigerians are 'essentially one people tied to a common destiny' and pressed the nation to reject ethnic and religious divisions.
- Drawing a contrast with the past, Shettima recalled how the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, described families sending food to Gowon at Dodan Barracks, using the memory to reflect on a time when national unity felt stronger.
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Nigeria: How Some People Claimed I Planned to Kill Tinubu to Take Over Power - VP Shettima
"Three months into our swearing in, some people told Tinubu I was planning to kill him to take over power. The president had called me and said, 'Sit down! Your people came to me and said stop wearing those Shettima's clothes," he said.
Some people told Tinubu I charmed him with clothes I gave him
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday revealed that some people from Borno State once warned President Bola Tinubu to stop wearing traditional outfits he received from Shettima during the 2023 election campaign, claiming the clothes had been used to charm him and could lead to his death. According to Shettima, Tinubu dismissed the allegation and deliberately wore the outfits for an entire week to prove there was nothing mystical about them. …
'They said I wanted to kill Tinubu'
Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that certain individuals attempted to pitch him against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu barely three months after the administration came into power. Shettima made the disclosure on Tuesday at the launch of “My Life of Duty and Allegiance,” the autobiography of former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon. Recounting the incident, he stated that some people allegedly told President Tinubu that he was plotting to ass…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday revealed that barely three months after President Bola Tinubu was sworn into office, some people from Borno State visited the President and warned him to stop wearing traditional attire given to him by Shettima during the 2023 campaign, alleging the garments had been used to charm him and would Read More: https://punchng.com/some-people-warned-tinubu-against-wearing-clothes-i-gave-him-shettima/
Shettima: People told Tinubu I planned to kill him
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has opened up on how some persons tried to pitch him against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu barely three months after coming into power. Speaking at the launch of “My Life of Duty and Allegiance”, autobiography of former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Shettima said the individuals, whom he refused to name but said are from Borno State, told Tinubu that he was plotting to kill him and take over power. “Three mont…
Borno People Accused Me Of Plotting To Kill Tinubu To Become President — VP Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed how some people from his home state of Borno accused him of trying to kill President Bola Tinubu using traditional outfits he had gifted him during the 2023 campaign. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja at the launch of the autobiography of former Head of State Yakubu Gowon, titled “My […]
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