August 26, (THEWILL) – The Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, has justified his style of dressing when he attended the conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
At the event held on Monday, Shettima represented the APC presidential flag bearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
THEWILL reports that the former governor of Borno State became the butt of internet jokes, after the photograph of him (wearing gym shoes on his loose-fitted suit) went viral on social media.
The outfit of the vice presidential candidate birthed a fashion trend on social media. Some influencers, including the music legend, Charly Boy; former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, and others, had in a challenge tagged #ShettimaChallenge, recreated the outfit to mock the VP candidate.
But in a video posted on Twitter, Shettima said he sent a reconnaissance team ahead and they briefed him that the crowd at the conference was hostile.
He said his decision to wear sneakers to the 62nd Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference was deliberate to “snub at the hostile audience.”
Shettima said he used his experience as a former banker to distract the audience with his choice of sneakers.
He claimed that one of the presidential candidates sponsored agents to create mischief. He did not, however, name the candidate.
“When I sent my recon team, one of the presidential candidates, he funded his agents, they held meeting for three nights consequently, to plan mischief.
“When I was told that it was a hostile crowd – I am a banker, trained by one of the best bankers in the world. I am a Jim Ovia boy – I deliberately wore sneakers to snub at the crowd”, he said.
