The former Governor of Borno state and recently unveiled vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima has said that he was initially against Bola Tinubu’s decision of having him as his running mate.
Describing his political ambition when he was presented as the party’s vice-presidential candidate on Wednesday, the former governor said he took on the role out of moral compulsion.
In his words: “Asiwaju Bola Tinubu believes in the Nigerian project, and I swear in the name of God that I never supported Asiwaju to be his running mate.
“I supported the project because of moral compulsion.”
Speaking further on the Muslim-Muslim ticket, Shettima called on Nigerians to eschew malicious concoctions and dubious aspersions.
“I don’t intend to be vice-president to represent members of the Muslim community, no, the Sultan of Sokoto is capable of doing that.
“I don’t seek to be the vice-presidential of Nigeria to protect the interest of the Hausa Kanuri tribe in the North, no, I believe in the Nigeria project,” he added.
Shettima pleaded with Nigerians to come together in unity to make the country the pride of the black race.
”Rome was not destroyed by outside Invaders, but by the complacency of Romans.
“In the coming week and months, we have to go into the trenches, go into the nooks and crannies to sing songs of unity, peace, prosperity and stability.
“Let us unite this country and make her the pride of the black man,” Shettima said.