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Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that some individuals allegedly told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he was plotting to assassinate him and seize power shortly after their administration assumed office.
Shettima made the disclosure 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, the allegations surfaced barely three months after he and Tinubu were sworn into office, with unnamed individuals from Borno State allegedly attempting to create distrust between both leaders.
He said, “Three months into our swearing in, some people told Tinubu I was planning to kill him to take over power.”
Shettima recounted that the president summoned him and narrated claims made by some individuals concerning clothes he had gifted Tinubu.
“The President had called me and said, ‘Sit down! Your people came to me and said stop wearing those Shettima’s clothes.’”
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According to him, Tinubu dismissed the claims after questioning the logic behind the allegations.
“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.”
The vice president added that the accusers later claimed he intended to use the clothing gift to harm Tinubu after the election.
“Some people told him after 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 used the occasion to urge Nigerians to promote unity and mutual trust, warning against actions capable of fuelling division and suspicion within the country.
