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We will not retire Atiku to Dubai, we will send him to rear goats, broilers – Shettima
By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos
The Vice-President, Mr Kashim Shettima, has said that the judgment delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court is a testimony to the fate Nigerians have in President Bola Tinubu and his administration.
On whether the judgement will retire the PDP’s presidential candidate politically, Vice President Shettima noted “We are not going to retire him to Dubai or Morroco, I will retire him to Fombina, I will buy him goats, broilers and layers so that he can spend his days rearing goats and broilers.”
Shettima asserted while speaking to newsmen shortly after the 5-member panel of justices of the court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani delivered judgment affirming Tinubu’s election as president.
“My principal, President Bola Tinubu is eternally indebted to the Nigerian people and to the leadership of the party who have been here since 9 a.m.
“Our energetic chairman and national secretary of the party, members of the national assembly, ministers, they have all been here.
“One cannot adequately convey our debt of gratitude to the Nigerian people, My principal will issue a formal statement but we felt compelled to talk to you having spent nearly 14 to 15 hours in this chambers.
“There is the dignity of every person that we need to honour and cherish. We want to thank you; the journey is just beginning and we want to call on Nigerians, let us unite,” he said.
The vice president declared that: “What binds us together supersedes whatever divides us, let us unite as a people and face our common challenges.
“As I have always said, the trajectory of global growth is facing Africa and Nigeria the greatest black nation on earth will make or mar that trajectory.’’
Shettima said that even though it was a long day, it was a good day.