Vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima has said there is no plot by the incoming Bola Tinubu administration to Islamise Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that Shettima, while speaking at the inauguration lecture in Abuja said Tinubu, the president-elect, who has not Islamised his family cannot do so to the country.
Before the declaration of the victory of Tinubu and Shettima, the issue of religion elicited varied reactions after Tinubu, a Muslim from the southwest, picked another Muslim – Shettima from the northeast – as his running mate.
The Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket sparked controversy.
Shettima, while reacting to the Muslim-Muslim ticket argument, 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 of togetherness.
He said, “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.
“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….”
He added that the Tinubu’s administration understands the seriousness of the work ahead, adding they were ready to serve Nigerians.
The former Borno governor said, “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.
“We shall never be oblivious of the impermanence of this power and we acknowledge that we shall be judged by man and God.”
