Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that certain individuals attempted to sow discord between him and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu just three months after the administration took office, by falsely accusing him of plotting to kill the President and seize power.

Shettima made the revelation on Tuesday while speaking at the public presentation of the autobiography of former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, titled *My Life of Duty and Allegiance*.

According to the Vice President, the unnamed individuals, said to be from Borno State, approached President Tinubu with the damaging claims.

“Three months into our swearing in, some people told Tinubu I was planning to kill him to take over power,” Shettima said.

He recounted that President Tinubu confronted him with the allegation but ultimately dismissed it.

“The President had called me and said, ‘Sit down! Your people came to me and said stop wearing those Shettima’s clothes.’ But the president said their story did not add up. He said when you gave me those clothes, I was an aspirant. I would not have been the candidate, neither were you going to be Vice Presidential candidate,” Shettima quoted Tinubu as saying.

The Vice President added that the accusers later claimed the clothes Shettima had gifted Tinubu were meant to be used for ritualistic purposes to eliminate him. However, President Tinubu continued to wear the clothes, demonstrating he is “not fetish,” Shettima noted.

In his remarks, Shettima urged Nigerians to embrace unity and act as their brother’s keeper rather than promoters of division.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially released the results of its primaries for the eight federal constituencies in Abia State, as the party gears up for the 2027 general elections.

Chairman of the Abia State National Assembly Primary Election Committee, Barrister Erasmus Cishak, announced the results on Saturday night at the APC State Secretariat in Umuahia.

According to Barrister Cishak, the primaries were successfully conducted across all federal constituencies, with party members actively participating in the selection of candidates to represent the APC in the upcoming polls.

The successful candidates are as follows:

– Bende Federal Constituency: Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, emerged unopposed.
– Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency: Hon. Nkiruka Onyejeocha, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, was returned unopposed.
– Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency: Hon. Chris Nkwonta emerged as the candidate.
– Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency: Hon. Uzor Azubuike secured the ticket.
– Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency: Former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Chinedum Orji, won the primary.
– Isiala Ngwa North/Isiala Ngwa South Federal Constituency: Hon. Uzoma Theodore Uka clinched the nomination.
– Obingwa/Osisioma/Ugwunagbo Federal Constituency: Hon. Udo Alozie emerged victorious.
– Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency: Hon. Ikenna Nicholas was selected as the APC candidate.

Barrister Cishak commended party members and stakeholders for their orderly conduct during the exercise. He reiterated the committee’s commitment to ensuring transparency, fairness, and credibility throughout the primary process.

The Defence Headquarters has said no Nigerian soldier was killed during the operation that eliminated terrorist commander, Abu Bilal Al-Minuki.

Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, Director, Defence Media Operations, said this in an interview in a television programme.

Also, details of the action, which Trump described as a “complex mission” carried out by Nigerian and American troops, are beginning to emerge.

Onoja said months of intelligence gathering led troops to the terrorist’s exact location.

He said the final operation was launched only after commanders confirmed credible intelligence.

On foreign support, he said no foreign soldiers participated in the mission.

According to him, the United States only provided intelligence and surveillance assistance.

“There were no foreign boots on the ground during this operation. What we received were intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance support and other force enablers,” he said.

However, officials who wished to stay anonymous, told the New York Times the US military initially sought to capture the ISIS leader, Al-Minuki.

But they killed him in an air strike when he would not surrender. The strikes targeted his compound in the Lake Chad Basin.

The attack was carried out by about two dozen Nigerian and American special operations commandos, including members of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6.

The commandos attacked Al-Minuki and about three dozen fighters on two small islands in Lake Chad.

The sources added that after the enclave was identified, Nigerian forces, working alongside their U.S. counterparts, launched a coordinated air-and-ground assault on the area.

Also, the Special Forces units blocked escape routes, secured the perimeter and supported extraction operations. The fight lasted over three hours, the sources added.