I Will Retire Atiku And Buy Him Goats To Rear – VP Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima remarked that he plans to send the Atiku Abubakar, back to his hometown and provide him with livestock to rear.

This statement came during a discussion with journalists shortly after the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal confirmed the election victory of President Bola Tinubu at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday.

Upon expressing his contentment with the Tribunal’s decision and urging his adversaries to collaborate with him, a reporter questioned VP Shettima if he still intends to “retire” Atiku, echoing a statement he made during the campaign.

The former Borno State governor responded, “We’ve transitioned from the political phase to a focus on governance. I regard Atiku Abubakar as a respected senior figure in our nation.

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“Anybody who knows the socio-cultural interaction between the Fulanis and Kanuris in the north would know that I have the liberty to hurl all insults at him, and he’d stoically bear it.

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“We are not going to retire Atiku to Dubai or Morocco. I’d retire him to Fombina. I’d buy him goats, broilers, and layers so that he could spend his days rearing cows and broilers.

“On a more serious note, Atiku is an elder statesman. The nation needs him.

“Experience is not something that you can buy on the market. We’d tap into his wealth of experience and exposure to catapult the nation to a higher pedestal. Politics is over, governance is now important.”

In a marathon judgment on Wednesday, the five-member panel of judges dismissed petitions against Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election.

The Tribunal threw out the petitions of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM); the petitions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar; as well as the petitions of the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

However, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have rejected the verdict and said they would consult their lawyers to know the next line of action.