By Teddy Nwanunobi
The Vice-President, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has revealed that shortly after the current administration came into office, some individuals from Borno State allegedly tried to create distrust between him and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by telling the President that he (Shettima) planned to kill him (Tinubu).
Shettima, who spoke during the launch of ‘My Life of Duty and Allegiance,’ the autobiography of a former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, further alleged that people, whom he refused to name, told Tinubu that Shettima’s plan was to take over power from Tinubu.
According to Shettima, the incident, which happened barely three months after they were sworn into office, was aimed at pitching him against Tinubu.
“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.’
“But the President said their story did not add up. He said when you gave me those clothes, I was an aspirant. I would not have been the candidate, neither were you going to be Vice presidential candidate.
“Some people told him after (the) election that I was planning to use the clothes to kill him and take over. However, Tinubu wore the clothes after that because he is not fetish,” Shettima narrated.
Shettima advised Nigerians to be better united as their brother’s keeper, not as merchants of divisions.