Former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar didn’t attend the presentation of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s biography – The ex-vice-president has explained why he
ignored the official event and what he was doing instead of it The
International Conference Centre in Abuja, where the book presentation on the
“Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria” took place on Monday, was packed with
scores of high-ranking politicians and offcials, excluding Former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. But how come that Mr Abubakar ignored the event?
A statement issued by Abubakar’s Media Adviser Paul Ibe reads in part: “For
inexplicable reason, the former Vice President only received his invitation
today (Monday) after the event had started. It is on record that the invitation
for the Turakin Adamawa was delivered to the Atiku Centre on October 1, 40
hours before the event of today, and only after the former vice president had
travelled to Gombe to honour the invitation for the celebrations of the 20th
anniversary of the creation of creation of the state.
The former vice-president returned to Abuja on Sunday night, October 2. The
invitation letter signed September 30, 2016, the last working day of the week
was handed over to Atiku Abubakar today (Monday), after the programme had
commenced. As a former Vice-President well-schooled in the demands of protocol,
it would have been inappropriate of the Turakin Adamawa to storm into the event
while Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and
Commander-in-chief was already seated with other dignitaries including visiting
Heads of Government to the occasion.”
Atiku Abubakaris served as the second elected Vice-President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), with President Olusegun Obasanjo. He also contested for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against President Buhari in Lagos in 2015 but came third behind the incumbent president and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano state.
Atiku Abubakaris served as the second elected Vice-President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), with President Olusegun Obasanjo. He also contested for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against President Buhari in Lagos in 2015 but came third behind the incumbent president and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano state.
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