Your Comments On Buhari Disrespectful, Shettima Slams Amaechi

Vice President Kashim Shettima has criticised former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his claim that former President Muhammadu Buhari promised him the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket in 2023 but reneged on the agreement.

Shettima described the allegation as inappropriate and disrespectful to the memory of the late president, questioning why someone who served in Buhari’s cabinet for eight years would make such claims after his death.

The Vice President spoke in Hausa on Tuesday at the APC presidential campaign rally in Dutse, Jigawa State, where he urged the people of the state and the North to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

Shettima also contrasted Tinubu’s loyalty to Buhari with what he described as Amaechi’s betrayal, recalling the role the President played in supporting Northern presidential candidates at different times.
He said, “Given the history of this country and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership, nobody should come forward and make inappropriate or disrespectful statements about former President Muhammadu Buhari.”

Shettima also recalled Tinubu’s political support for Northern presidential candidates, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 2007, former anti-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu in 2011 and Buhari in the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections.

He argued that Buhari might not have won the two elections without Tinubu’s support.

“When Obasanjo pushed Atiku in 2007, Tinubu gave him a platform to contest. Even in 2011, Tinubu gave another Northerner, Nuhu Ribadu, a platform to contest. He supported Buhari in 2015 and 2019. Buhari couldn’t have won both times if not for Tinubu,” he said.

The Vice President further recalled that when Buhari was receiving medical treatment in the United Kingdom, Tinubu sent him to visit the former president at the hospital.

He said Tinubu also directed him to ensure that Buhari’s remains were brought from the United Kingdom to Daura, Katsina State, for burial after his death.

Shettima urged the people of the North to reciprocate Tinubu’s political support by giving him their votes in the forthcoming presidential election.

“We Northerners are known to keep our word and promises. Let us repay Tinubu with our votes in January,” he said.

The Vice President also declared that former governors of Jigawa State, including Sule Lamido, Saminu Turaki and Abubakar Badaru, were supporting Tinubu’s re-election bid.

He said other political leaders and ministers who served under the previous administration were also backing the President.

Shettima maintained that Tinubu had demonstrated his commitment to the North through his support for Northern politicians at different times and urged the people of the region to stand by him in 2027.