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VP Shettima speaks on Tinubu’s Democracy Day fall at Eagle’s Square

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Vice President Kashim Shettima has reacted to those who ridiculed President Bola Tinubu for his fall during the Democracy Day celebrations on June 12.

News360 Nigeria reports that Tinubu missed his step as he ascended into vehicle of a military parade Eagle Square

The president nearly collided with the Land Rover when he stumbled.

The incident sparked a frenzy on social media, with many Nigerians making a caricature of Tinubu.

Speaking at a PEBEC Town Hall meeting at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Shettima expressed dismay over the negative portrayal of Tinubu.

He said: “When the president stumbled in the June 12 celebration. It is not only disheartening and disenchanting, but stultifying and heartbreaking that some of our countrymen were celebrating.