Nigeria, May 20 -- Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that shortly after President Bola Tinubu assumed office in 2023, some individuals from Borno State approached the president with claims that traditional outfits gifted to him during the election campaign had spiritually influenced him and could endanger his life.

According to Mr Shettima, the visitors urged Mr Tinubu to stop wearing the native garments, alleging they were intended to manipulate him politically and pave the way for the vice president to succeed him.

The vice president spoke on Tuesday in Abuja while representing the president at the unveiling of "My Life of Duty and Allegiance," the autobiography of former Head of State Yakubu Gowon.

Mr Gowon was the Nigeri...