Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that certain individuals allegedly attempted to create tension between him and President Bola Tinubu barely three months after the administration assumed office.
Shettima made the revelation on Tuesday during the launch of “My Life of Duty and Allegiance,” the autobiography of former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon.
According to the Vice President, some individuals allegedly informed Tinubu that he was planning to assassinate the president and take over power.
He said, “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 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 the 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.”
Earlier at the event, Shettima arrived at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja as the representative of President Tinubu, who attended as Guest of Honour.
The event also attracted several prominent personalities including former President Goodluck Jonathan and former First Lady Patience Jonathan, former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who represented the First Lady.
State governors, retired and serving senior military officers, traditional rulers, and religious leaders were also in attendance at the ceremony.
