The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has said that the clergymen present at the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the running mate of presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, are against politics of hatred and religious bigotry.
This is as he rubbished claims that the Christian clergymen who were seen at the event dressed in different religious attire were fake.
Photos from the event circulated on social media drew an angry reaction from Nigerians, some of who claimed to know the individuals not to be clergymen.
However, Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Communication, Tinubu Campaign Organisation, in a statement on Thursday, dismissed the claims as spurned by hatred.
“We want to say that those clergymen were not fake, not mechanics or yam sellers as the purveyors of hatred have made Nigerians to believe in the social media.
“They are not big names in Christendom yet, they are gradually building up their missions.
“They are Church leaders who genuinely believe that Nigerians must eschew politics of hatred and religious bigotry and rather embrace politics of peace and nation building.
“We, therefore, deplore the hysterical twisting of the presence of these men and women in cassocks and the false accusation against our candidates, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Sen. Shettima,” Onanuga said.
