PHOTO: Twitter/Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar, the People’s Democratic Party’s presidential candidate has claimed he did not speak with the wife of the late Lt. Col Ibrahim Sakaba but with the younger sister of the late soldier.
The soldier was killed last month by Boko Haram insurgents during an attack on 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Borno State.
Atiku had claimed that he called the widow of the late soldier earlier on Sunday. A tweet from his verified Twitter handle, @atiku, reads: “This Christmas I urge all Nigerians to spare a thought for our military on the frontlines of the war on terror.
“I had cause to telephone Lt. Col. Ibrahim Sakaba’s widow this Yuletide. I am touched by her devotion and love for her husband who paid the supreme sacrifice for Nigeria.”
Mrs Sakaba, however, said she did not receive any call from Atiku.
“Why the lies? I have not received any call from Atiku please,” she told The Punch.
The former vice president has, however,…
