THE Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has berated the All Progressive Congress (APC) for casting aspersions on his person over his decision to dedicate his 72nd birthday activities to the about 100 Nigerian soldiers recently killed by Boko Haram in Borno State.
He said rather than being the selfish one as the APC claimed over the gesture, it is the ruling party that is selfish for neglecting to sympathize with the slain soldiers or their families.
In a statement issued by his campaign office in Abuja on Monday, the former Vice President pointed out that the soldiers were slaughtered on the same day President Muhammadu Buhari launched his ‘Next Level’ campaign theme with service chiefs in attendance.
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He wondered whether that event could have prevented the security chiefs from dealing with the terrorists’ threat to avert the deadly attack.
The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement by the All Progressives Congress casting aspersions on Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party on the day of his birthday and turbaning as Waziri Adamawa.
“Incidentally, the APC’s statement accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of ‘selfishness’ and ‘mercantilism’ which is very curious as the Waziri dedicated his birthday, not to himself, but to celebrating the 100 or so heroes of the 157 Taskforce Battalion of the Nigerian Army who lost their lives to Boko Haram at Metele in Borno State.
“That the Waziri Adamawa asked for anyone who wished to give him birthday gifts to instead endow such on the families of the slain heroes is the opposite of selfishness.
“Ironically, the All Progressives Congress that is now accusing Atiku Abubakar, has not seen fit to pay tribute to these gallant men who gave their lives in order to secure the lives of others.
“As a party, they have not issued even one statement condoling with the slain or their families, neither have they offered any tangible support to the families of these fallen heroes.
“Yet, they are accusing the Waziri, who has shown commitment to honouring these heroes, of selfishness.
“As a matter of fact, we now know through Premium Times report, that these real Nigerian heroes were killed on November 18, 2018, which was the exact time that the candidate of the APC, Muhammadu Buhari, invited the service chiefs to attend the launch of the plagiarised #NextLevel launch at the banquet hall of the Presidential Villa.
“The nation can only wonder if the Metele massacre could have been avoided if the APC and President Buhari had allowed the service chiefs to focus on their core duties, rather than on his ill-fated re-election campaign.
“We at the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation commend the service chiefs for beating a hasty retreat from the event as soon as they discovered that President Buhari was trying to hoodwink them.
“It took Waziri Atiku Abubakar only a few hours to respond to the incident and express support, while it took the APC’s President Buhari a whole week to express “shock”. We, therefore, wonder who is truly ‘selfish’.
“It is left to Nigerians to compare and contrast who is a leader and who is a follower based on the conduct of these two parties.
“In any case, we would like to inform the APC of Waziri Atiku Abubakar’s call for financial support from well-meaning individuals and Institutions for the survivors of the Metele massacre, and indeed for all who paid the supreme sacrifice in the frontlines for us to be safe.
“Seeing as the APC spent ₦100 million to buy frontpage advertorials in all the papers on that fateful day of November 18, 2018, we appeal to them to consider donating even 10 per cent of that amount to the endowment for the families of our heroes as proposed by Atiku Abubakar.
“If they can spend ₦100 million to promote fraud, they should be able to spare at least ₦10 million to promote patriotism.”
As selfish as those terrorists ipobs who dumped kanu for a fulani man like you!
You are let
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yes you are,where were you since 2015
It’s painful and may their souls rest in peace
How will you dedicate your birthday to slain soldiers?
Dedicating Birthday to Slain Solders?
How? The Party that you celebrated so high, you are dedicating it to the slain soldiers? How are they Compatible?
I was expecting you to say you dedicate a particular percentage of your Wealth to the family of the Slain Soldiers..
I wonder when Nigerian Politicians would stop politicizing everything..
I can see You dedicated it by receiving Traditional Title followed by partying with wines and other celebrations yesterday now Atikulooted
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Rubbish birthday soldiers dies and you are celebrating that is awful to you
What’s birthday to the lost souls?
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Atiku you’re from Northeast zone, which has been at receiving end of the BH insurgency since 2009 ,with the highest number of IDPs in the world and you have never ever donated just a bag of rice to any of the IDPs in your zone, despite all your riches. But you can dedicate your Birthday to the slain soldiers just for cheap political gains.
Atiku you just made a mockery of those brave dead soldier who are better Nigerians than you. Who laid down their lives daily to make sure selfish beings like you can still celebrate their birthdays even in a wartorned zone like NE.
Walahi talahi wazirin 7th of adamawa You have no guts. Why didn’t you canceled your turbarnning celebration because of your acclaimed disasters and fallen heroes.
We have no doubt that you’re behind all these. Your eagerness to become our president will not be considered Insha Allah.
Atiku, how can you dedicated your birthday celebration to slain soldiers. Soldiers were meant to guard against any external aggression, They are only doing their job, many of Nigeria soldiers perished in Liberia in the time past, you never dedicated your birthday celebration to them. It’s high time you stop all these your political cheap points, and concentrate on your campaign manifestos.
Atiku has nothing meaningful to offer to Nigerians how come is he dedicating his birthday to departed soul
you are a disgrace to your family,dedicate birthday to whom ,bad people with bad mind
.You can never be a Nigeria.
Meaning what? Everything in Nigeria is politics.
This Man has nothing to Offer at all, you dedicated your birthday to the slained Soldiers??? about 100 of their wives are Widows,what impact is that having even on the Fatherless children of the deceased.Na was ooo,May be your birthday will bring them back to life or Wole Soyinka will use that one to Publish another Story Book “Atiku and the Slained Soldiers”
But you can celebrate your turbanning the same week they were slaughtered. HYPOCRITE
Does that mean the dead soldiers will rise.make him to make noise.
Atiku have nothing in Common with Nigerian pride only to rule us..him and family have America valid paper as US citizens)
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This desperate crook
U didn’t dedicate it to them before now, hypocrisy of the highest order