After Threats Of Shedding Votes In Sokoto, Atiku Deletes Tweet Condemning Lynching Of Christian Pupil, Deborah In Sokoto

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has deleted a publish on his Twitter deal with the place he condemned the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a Christian scholar of Shehu Shagari Faculty of Training Sokoto by her colleagues.
 
Deborah had been burnt to demise by her colleagues for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad.

Atiku, who’s a presidential hopeful beneath the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP), amid the outrage trailing the coed’s homicide referred to as for the prosecution of her killers.
 
He wrote on Twitter, “There can’t be a justification for such grotesque homicide. Deborah Yakubu was murdered and all these behind her demise should be delivered to justice. My condolences to her household and pals.”
 
Nonetheless, some Muslims in his remark part threatened to not vote for him whereas some mentioned they have been awaiting his coming to Sokoto for his presidential marketing campaign.

Succumbing to the risk, the previous Vice-President deleted the tweet.
 
On Fb, the previous Vice President in a message on his verified Hausa web page distanced himself from the message. He additionally acknowledged that any message on social media that didn’t include the initials “A. A.” was not his.
 
“This night I obtained info {that a} publish was made that doesn’t agree with my orders. I exploit this to announce that any publish with out A. A. isn’t from me. Could God shield us,” he wrote in Hausa language.
 
Nonetheless, Nigerians on social media have condemned Atiku’s hypocrisy stating that he’s extra within the votes than the security of these he’s calling upon to vote for him.
 
Under are some reactions from Twitter: