"My CSO is Igbo and Catholic" – Shettima clears air on Islamisation of Nigeria

LEGIT NG

The vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, has cleared the air on the popular notion that the incoming administration is coming to the agenda to Islamise Nigeria.

Recall that there was a lot of outrage in Nigeria over the president-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s choice to nominate a fellow Muslim as his running mate ahead of the election.

Tinubu was critiqued and also lost some powerful allies in the build-up to the 2023 presidential election in February.

Speaking at the inauguration lecture in Abuja on Saturday, May 27, Shettima said Nigeria need not fret as there is no such course on the table.

Shettima cited the example of his principal, Tinubu, who married a Christian pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

According to Channels TV online, 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.”