Kashim Shettima, the vice president-elect, has refuted any claims that the new government has an Islamization agenda for Nigeria.
Shettima, a former governor of Borno State, provided the clarification on Saturday while delivering a lecture ahead of the new administration’s inauguration on May 29 in Abuja.
He also refuted any claims that he was the terrorist organization’s founder, Boko Haram.
Shettima stressed that Nigerians shouldn’t be concerned despite the fact that he and the incoming president, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, are running on a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
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He emphasized that the family of Tinubu is also a Christian, and that many of his aides, including his Chief Security Officer (CSO), are Christians, therefore there is no concern about the country becoming Islamized if the family members are not converted to Islam.
‘I was a child of necessity, there is no Islamisation agenda. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a Muslim who is married to a Christian, not only a Christian but a pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God,” he said.
“Someone who has not Islamised his family, people are alluding that he has the intention to Islamise the nation.
“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.
“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….”
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Speaking further, Shettima explained that the only mission he and Tinubu have is to serve Nigerians.
“We are to serve. We are to listen. We are here to be held accountable. We are not sent on an evangelical mission. Therefore, like every mortal, we may stumble here and there. None of these mistakes could be intentional,” he added.
“We shall never be oblivious of the impermanence of this power and we acknowledge that we shall be judged by man and God.”
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