The running mate to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima has finally reacted to some of the reports making rounds that Tinubu plans to Islamise Nigeria with his nomination of a Muslim-Muslim ticket while insisting that there is no plan to Islamise Nigeria.
Shettima also urged Nigerians in general to look beyond religion when electing leaders.
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Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s running mate has drawn outrage from certain quarters as they are both Muslims. But speaking on Friday when he received a visit from an APC group led by a former Nigerian ambassador to the US, Mohammed Hassan, the former Governor of Borno state said he and Tinubu want to transform the country.
“They are accusing him of an attempt to Islamise the country. Has he started with Islamising his own family?
“Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yes, his running mate might be a Muslim, but his life mate for over 40 years is not only a Christian, but a pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God.
“He did not enforce his own Islamic faith on his own children. He was the first governor to hand over mission schools to the owners, and he has groomed people from all walks of life,” NAN quoted Shettima as saying.
In another report, the unveiling of Kashim Shettima who is the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC has been postponed till Wednesday next week.
The unveiling was initially scheduled for today at 1pm but it was indefinitely suspended.
Africa Daily News, New York had also reported that the postponement was at the instance of party chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, who had wanted to shift the schedule for some the APC governors to attend the event.
Many of the governors are at present in Osogbo, Osun state, as members of the campaign council.
The party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived Osogbo on Monday and left Wednesday with Shettima to Abuja, to complete all the INEC papers for Shettima.
In Osun, the party’s candidate, Governor Gboyega Oyetola will seek a second term in the election scheduled for 16 July.
