Shettima: I Appointed Christian Aides-There’s No ‘Islamisation Agenda’
Nigeria's vice-president elect, Kashim Shettima has said that there is no plot by the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu to Islamise Nigeria.
Speaking on Saturday at the inauguration lecture in Abuja, Shettima said Tinubu, the president-elect, who has not Islamised his family cannot do so to the country.
In the build-up to the February elections, the issue of religion elicited varied reactions after Tinubu, a Muslim from the south-west, picked another Muslim – Shettima from the north-east – as his running mate.
The Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket sparked controversy.
Reacting to the Muslim-Muslim ticket argument, Shettima said he deliberately picked an Igbo man, who is a Catholic, as his chief security officer and a northern Christian as his aide de camp for the purpose ...
