A group known as the Protectors of Shettima Legacy says opposition political parties are looking for dirt on Kashim Shettima, vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), because he has unsettled them.
In a statement on Monday, Joseph Chibok, chairman of the group, said though Shettima has explained why he dressed the way he did at the recent conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the opposition does not care and fixated on slander.
Shettima’s suit and sneakers attire caused a stir on social media.
The vice-presidential candidate said he chose the fit to snub the hostile crowd at the conference.
Chibok said Shettima is a worthy running mate to Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the APC.
“His emergence as the APC Vice-Presidential Candidate has indeed unsettled the political opposition, who have gone into an overdrive in order to dig up dirt against him. Of course they could not find any because finding dirt on Shettima is like looking for a needle in a haystack – he’s clean as a whistle,” he said.
“An opportunity presented itself during the just-concluded NBA conference where some twisted and warped minds took to the Social Media to attack Shettima because of his choice of appearance on the occasion.
“Even though he took time to explain why he appeared the way he did, the opposition would not let go as they deployed all manner of tactics by regurgitating fake news to cast aspersions on Senator Shettima.
“His eloquent and excellent presentation at the NBA conference did not matter to them because the opposition had conceived the idea to slander him for political reasons.
“The opposition has gone a notch higher to extrapolate his earlier stance on restructuring. They also dug out a fake telephone conversation supposedly between him and Senator Amosun.
“They even brought up the Chibok girls saga, all with the singular purpose of dinting his image.”
The chairman said the opposition parties are jittery about the “overwhelming popularity of the Tinubu-Shettima ticket”.
