“My House In Maiduguri Is Better Than Tinubu’s Bourdillon House” – Vice President Shettima

By Gideon Njoku

Also says: “Tinubu is the most demonised Politician in Nigeria”, and confirms that: “The economy that we met was in a huge mess”

Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that those who think the Lagos Bourdillion Residence of President Bola Tinubu is big should visit his own residence in Maiduguri.

He said that his own house is better than that of the President and, therefore, does not understand what the problem is about Tinubu’s Bourdillion Ikoyi residence.

Shettima also described President Tinubu as the most demonised politician in Nigeria but insisted that Predators Tinubu has a good  soul,  a capacity to pull Nigeria up, and confirmed that:  “The economy that we met was in a huge mess.”

President Tinubu took over from President Muhammadu Buhari, the man, he, Tinubu, literally, installed as President, but who a number of those currently in office accuse of ruining Nigeria’s economy.

Not a few people marvel at the size and opulence of the President’s Bourdillion Ikoyi residence, but Shettima insists that Bourdillion is nothing compared to his in Maiduguri.

Shettima: “The first time I went to his (Tinubu’s) house at Bourdillion, I was looking forward to seeing a mansion comparable to Buckingham Palace, with gardens and swimming pools, but there was nothing special in that house. My house in Maiduguri is better than the house in Bourdillion.”

Shettima sought to present the other side of President Bola Tinubu at a book launch in Abuja, an event attended by Government officials and other stakeholders.

He described the President as an unassuming man who neither flaunts power nor wealth, and who is not in power to primitively accumulate wealth.

Shettima: “In President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, we have a leader that we can invest our trust in. I am not playing politics, I’m speaking from the heart. I have seen the soul of the President, and he has a good soul.

“He means well for the nation. He wants to live in a place of glory. He is not in power to engage in primitive capital  accumulation. He is in power to leave landmarks in the sands of time. He is the most demonized politician in Nigeria.”

As proof that Tinubu is not engaged in accumulation of wealth or in a show-off, Vice President Shettima revealed that since he came into contact with the President, the President has been using only one wrist watch. He also revealed that the President would rather “drink” garri and groundnuts for lunch than the sumptuous meal others would take.

Shettima: “At the formative stage of the APC, we held a meeting in his house. They served us a variety of meals, but he opted to take garri with groundnut for lunch.

“Since I have known him, he has been using only one wristwatch, and in fact, I dress better than him. He doesn’t even care. He has overcome all those odds to dress well. So, we need to rally around this poor man. He has taken some bold steps. The economy we met was in a huge mess.”