{"id":100959,"date":"2022-11-03T18:16:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100959"},"modified":"2022-11-03T18:16:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:16:05","slug":"melayes-attack-on-shettima-designed-to-portray-apc-a-terrorists-party-fani-kayode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/melayes-attack-on-shettima-designed-to-portray-apc-a-terrorists-party-fani-kayode\/","title":{"rendered":"Melaye&#8217;s attack on Shettima designed to portray APC a terrorists party &#8211; Fani-Kayode"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Aviation Minister Femi\u00a0 Fani-Kayode, has defended the former governor of Borno state and the Vice Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Kashim Shettima over allegation of being a terrorists\u2019 commander.<\/p>\n<p>Fani-Kayode described Senator Shettima as \u201ca refined, decent and godly man, who simply want to help his nation and ensure we move forward as a people.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nOne of the spokespersons for the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye, had alleged that Shettima was aiming at establishing an office for the Boko Haram terrorists at the presidential villa if the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu wins the election in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>According to Melaye, in a decent country, Shettima \u201cought to be in jail to pay for the blood of innocent citizens and the deprivation that lawful Nigerians have suffered from his private army.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But responding to the allegation through a statement Thursday in Abuja, Fani-Kayode said Melaye\u2019s allegation against Shettima had been investigated over and over again and nothing was found against the APC Vice presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The former Minister said: \u201cThe allegation against Shettima is absurd, it is designed to terrify the people and make them feel that APC is a party of terrorists and that our candidate,\u00a0\u00a0Bola Tinubu is a man that condones terrorism. Dino\u2019s statement is a direct attack on our Vice Presidential candidate. It has no basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis allegation has been investigated over and over again. All these while there have been no evidence adduced to suggest that it is true abd actually it not true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Kashim Shettima is a refined, decent and godly man, who simply want to help his nation and ensure we move forward as a people. If you look at his record in Borno State as a governor, before he went to serve as Senator, you will see what he did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at his successor in office \u2013 Prof. Baba Gana Zulum, he too is doing a great job in Borno. That is not a legacy of a terrorist. What we have in Borno is a legacy of a great leader, that is what Shettima stands for. For anybody to try to smear his name this way, is a reflection of that person more than anything else. Not only was it a reflection of Melaye himself, it is also a reflection of the man (Atiku) he is speaking for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that Kashim Shettima is 100 times a better man and we will prove that at the polls. 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