JUST IN: Clerics at Shettima’s Unveiling as my Running Mate not Hired – Tinubu
By Ozumi Abdul
The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has cleared the air on the rumour making the rounds that the clerics at the unveiling his vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima Yesterday in Abuja were fake.
The former Lagos state Governor said the rumours were the handiwork of mischief makers, stressing that the event was open to all, as well as genuine well-wishers.
A statement by The Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO), said the viral videos and pictures of the clerics at the event were the handiworks of political distractors.
The statement by Director of Media and Communication of the organisation, Bayo Onanuga, described the development as unwarranted distractions.
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APC presented Senator Shettima to the public and its various organs as the running mate to the party’s presidential standard-bearer at the well-attended ceremony at Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.
But many faulted the presence of Christian clerics at the event, alleging they were hired and fake.
But TCO, in a statement, explained: “The event was an open affair, which allowed members of the public to attend, including the clergymen and some others now being derided by hirelings of the opposition.
“We want to say that those clergymen were not fake, not mechanics or yam sellers as the purveyors of hatred have made Nigerians believe in the social media. They are not big names in Christendom yet, they are gradually building up their missions.
“They are church leaders who genuinely believe that Nigerians must eschew politics of hatred and religious bigotry and rather embrace politics of peace and nation building.
“We, therefore, deplore the hysterical twisting of the presence of these men and women in cassocks and the false accusation against our candidates, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Shettima.
“The orchestrated social media sensation over the presence of the men is needless and all calculated to detract from the huge success recorded at the momentous event on Wednesday,” the statement read in a part.
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