'There is no Islamization agenda,' Kashim Shettima says.

Kashim Shettima, Vice President-elect, has refuted charges that Muslims in the country have an Islamisation agenda.

Shettima, who spoke at an inauguration lecture in Abuja on Saturday, May 27, said the new administration of Bola Tinubu has no plans to Islamize Nigeria because the President-elect has not done so with his family.

Commenting on the Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought them to power, the former Governor of Borno state stated that he purposefully chose an Igbo man who is a Catholic as his chief security officer and a northern Christian as his aide de camp for the sake of unity.

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."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."