You need Atiku’s scholarship to be polished, Phrank Shaibu tells Shettima

Phrank Shaibu, an aide to Atiku Abubakar on communications, says the behaviour of Vice-President Kashim Shettima is unbefitting of someone who holds public office.

Shaibu spoke in reaction to a statement credited to Shettima on Wednesday following the verdict that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 election.

The vice-president had said he would retire Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the election, to rearing goats and chickens.

“For the sake of the reading public, this response becomes very important,” Shaibu said.

“He loves to rack lacklustre jokes at every given opportunity. Last year, he said Vice-President Osinbajo should have been an ice cream man instead of a politician. Later on, he said Nigeria needed a leader like Sani Abacha.

“His behaviour is certainly unbefitting for a man who currently holds the exalted office of vice-president, even if temporarily.

“His lack of sophistication is eroding the elegance of the Office of the Vice-President.

“Men of honour have held that position in the past and Shettima should learn from the examples they led in public decency.

“In any case, he would do well by attending a finishing school on Atiku’s scholarship and learn how to behave like a polished statesman.”

The former vice-president’s aide said Shettima did not leave a good legacy as governor of Borno state.

“During his tenure as governor between 2011 and 2019, Borno state was taken over by terrorists completely,” he said.

Shaibu alleged that as governor, Shettima ignored a security report which led to the abduction of the schoolgirls from Chibok LGA of the state.