'There's no Islamisation agenda' - Kashim Shettima

Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima has dispelled claims of Muslims in the country having an Islamisation agenda.

Shettima who spoke at an inauguration lecture in Abuja on Saturday, May 27, said there is no plot by the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu to Islamise Nigeria as the President-elect has not done that to his family.

Also commenting on the Muslim-Muslim ticket which brought them into power, the former Governor of Borno state noted that he deliberately picked an Igbo man, who is a Catholic, as his chief security officer and a northern Christian as his aide de camp for the purpose of togetherness.

Shettima 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.

"Politics is about perception. As we begin the formation of a new administration, I deliberately picked an Igbo man, a Catholic, to be my chief security officer.

"For the purpose of inclusivity and togetherness, again I deliberately picked a northern Christian to be my ADC. So the so-called founder of Boko Haram is going to be protected by.....

"We are to serve. We are to listen. We are here to be held accountable. We are not sent on an evangelical mission. Therefore, like every mortal, we may stumble here and there. None of these mistakes could be intentional.

"We shall never be oblivious of the impermanence of this power and we acknowledge that we shall be judged by man and God."