By Nsikak Nseyen Former Vice President and a presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar has explained why he deleted a post he made that cond...
By Nsikak Nseyen
Former Vice President and a presidential aspirant, Atiku
Abubakar has explained why he deleted a post he made that condemned the killing
of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education,
Sokoto State, who was burnt alive on Thursday.
DAILY POST had reported that the student was beaten to a
pulp and burnt alive by male Muslim students who accused her of insulting
Prophet Muhammed via a WhatsApp platform.
The school authority has shut down academic activities
indefinitely as tension gripped residents of the area.
Atiku had, while reacting to the incident, declared that all
those behind the killing must be brought to book.
He wrote, “There cannot be a justification for such gruesome
murder. Deborah Yakubu was murdered, and all those behind her death must be
brought to justice. My condolences to her family and friends.”
However, some religious fanatics with Islamic names stormed
the comment sections, particularly on Facebook, threatening to withdraw their
support for his 2023 presidential ambition.
After numerous threats from the Northerners, the posts were
deleted from Atiku’s social media handles.
Writing on his Facebook page on Friday, Atiku said he did
not give approval for the post.
He said, ”This evening I received information that a post
was made that doesn’t agree with my orders. I use this to announce that any
post without AA is not from me. May God protect – AA.”
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