The vice president Kashim Shettima says he would neither retire Atiku Abubakar to Dubai not Morocco, but to Fombina (South) where he would buy goats, broilers and layers for him to rear.
ASHENEWS recalls that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Wednesday, dismissed Atiku’s petition filed against president Bola Tinubu.
The tribunal held that Atiku did not prove his petition seeking to remove Tinubu from office.
Shettima, speaking to journalists after the passed a joke onto Atiku that he would be retired rather to Fombina than to Dubia or Morocco.
The vice president also acknowledged Atiku as an elder statesman whom he greatly respects because of his experience.
“Atiku Abubakar is an elder statesman whom I hold in very high esteem. Anyone who knows the social-cultural interaction between the Kauris and Fulanis in the North will know that I have the liberty to call for something, and I will get it.
“We are not going to retire him to Dubai or Morocco. I will retire him to Fombina, I will buy him goats and broilers and layers so that he can spend his days rearing goats and broilers.
“He is an elder statesman, I respect so much because experience is not something you can buy in the market. Politics is over, and governance has begun. For those I have offended with my utterance, it is politics is a game of the smart, not emotions,” Shettima said.
