"They Said I Wanted to Kill Tinubu" — Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima said that a few months after the new administration took office, some people tried to turn the public against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The comments were made on Tuesday during the launch of “My Life of Duty and Allegiance,” the autobiography of former Head of State Yakubu Gowon.

Shettima recounted that certain individuals allegedly told President Tinubu that he was being plotted against and that he would be killed in order to seize power.

He explained, “Three months into our swearing‑in, some people told Tinubu I was planning to kill him to take over power. The President called me and said, ‘Sit down! Your people came to me and said stop wearing those Shettima clothes.’”

Shettima added, “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 the vice‑presidential candidate.’”

He continued, “Some people told him after the 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.”

Earlier, Senator Kashim Shettima arrived at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja for the public presentation of Gowon’s autobiography, representing President Tinubu as Guest of Honour.

Other dignitaries at the event included former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience Jonathan; former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar; Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who represented the First Lady; as well as state governors, serving and retired senior military officers, traditional rulers, and religious leaders.