The Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) has insisted on the genuineness of all the priests present at the unveiling of Senator Kashim Shettima.
Recall that Shettima was presented as the running mate to All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to the public at a well-attended ceremony at Shehu Yar’Adua Centre on Wednesday in Abuja.
Reacting to viral pictures and videos of some Christian clerics and women at the event in Abuja, TCO’s Director of Media and Communication, Bayo Onanuga, described the social media mislabeling of the clerics as unwarranted distractions.
The statement noted that at the event, Asiwaju Tinubu and Senator Shettima, as well as Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) with APC National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu addressed fundamental issues of nation-building.
The statement reads: “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.”
