Nobody Stopped VP Shettima From Accessing Presidential Villa – Presidency

SATURDAY April 19, 2025 |
By thenewsdesk.ng

The Presidency has dismissed reports alleging that Vice President Kashim Shettima was denied access to the Presidential Villa, describing the claims as false and deliberately misleading.

In a statement issued on Saturday, Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President), labelled the report as a calculated attempt to sow discord within the Presidency.

“In recent times, there has been deliberate and well-planned orchestration of falsehood against the vice president’s person and office in many multidimensional forms,” Nkwocha said. “These mischievous and totally fabricated reports are all in a bid to cause confusion and insinuate total clash in the Presidency. These reports seek to mislead the public into believing there’s discord at the highest levels of government.”

He dismissed the allegation that Shettima had been refused entry into the Villa as baseless.

“The latest in this string of disinformation is a report claiming that the Vice President has been refused entry to the Villa. This is a feeble attempt to traduce the person and office of His Excellency, Vice President Kashim Shettima, GCON. For the record, NOTHING OF THE SORT EVER HAPPENED,” he said.

Nkwocha criticised the publication, which he said originated from obscure blogs, and called it a fabrication meant to mislead the public.

“The recent publication by some obscure blogs alleging that armed military units have barricaded the Vice President from accessing the Presidential Villa is not only the wildest expression of wishful thinking but a clear indication that the purveyors of these tales have exhausted both ink and imagination. It is a story so far removed from reality that it can only be entertained by those unfamiliar with the inner workings of the Nigerian government,” he stated.

He also linked the latest report to a pattern of fake news targeted at the Presidency.