A former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has denied a tweet condemning the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, who was slain for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.
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Atiku, who is also aspiring for Presidential ambition on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, APC wrote on Twitter to condemn the mob action, saying, “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.”
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The tweet was however deleted shortly after some Muslim northerners threatened not to vote for him if he emerges as the Presidential candidate of the PDP.
Atiku, in a message on his verified Hausa page on Facebook denied the tweet.
He also stated that any message on social media that did not come with the initials “A. A.” were not his.
“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 A. A. is not from me. May God protect us,” he wrote in Hausa language.
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