By Suleiman Anyalewechi
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday May 19, 2026, gave an insight into how some power mongers and desperados had tried to incite President Bola Tinubu against him very early in the life of the administration.
Not a few observers are of the strong conviction that the Vice President has been merely tolerated by his principal, since mounting the saddle in 2023.
At the launch of former Head of State , General Yakubu Gowon’s autobiography ” My Life of Duty and Allegiance” on Tuesday, the Vice President relieved how some individuals and political hawks had inundated President Tinubu with tales of his alleged plans to eliminate him.
According to him it took only three months into the life of their Presidency for desperate political schemers to come up with such unfounded , fabricated and baseless rhetorics, for the purpose of pitching him against the President.
He, however, expressed happiness that the President never fell for their evil machinations, mainly because of his liberal trajectories.
” Three months after our swearing-in, some people told President Tinubu that I was planning to kill him so as to take over power.
“Then, the President called me and said ‘sit down. Your people came to me and said stop wearing those Shettima’s clothes.’
“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 Vice presidential candidate.
“Some people told him that after the election I was planning to use the clothes to kill him (the president) and take over. However, President Tinubu wore the clothes after that because he is not fetish”, the Vice President narrated.
Shettima admonished Nigerians from all walks of life to embrace and prioritize unity rather than indulging in divisive rhetorics.
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