HYPOCRISY! ATIKU BOWS TO FANATICS THREATS, DELETES SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS CONDEMNING BURNING ALIVE OF SOKOTO UNDERGRADUATE FOR ALLEGED BLASPHEMY
HYPOCRISY! That is how most Nigerians view Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s deleting of his posts on social media condemning the gruesome murder by stoning and burning alive of Late Miss Deborah Samuel on Thursday, over alleged blasphemy.
The former Vice president and PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 Presidential election, following a volley of threats from Islamic fanatics, Atiku deleted a post he made earlier on his social media pages; Facebook and Twitter in condemnation of the gruesome murder of the 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto by some of her male colleagues.
The fundamentalists had threatened him, asking him to forget his presidential ambition for having the audacity to speak out against evil.
“There can not be a justification for such gruesome murder. Deborah Yakubu was murdered, and all those behind her death must be brought to justice,” Mr Atiku said. “My condolences to her family and friends.”The position of Atiku didn’t go down well with the extremists as most of the commentators warned the politician to stay away from condemning the murder of the Christian student.
A screenshot of the reactions which trailed the post before Atiku deleted them“Our WhatsApp group was created for assignments, tests, exams; not religious messages,” said slain Deborah Samuel
The murder has generated national and international outrage with Bishop Mathew Kukah, of Sokoto Catholic Diocese and Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III asking that the culprits face the wrath of the law.
Atiku, who is seen by some Southern Nigerians as a moderate Muslim is also viewed by many Nigerians as often being hypocritical when it matters most.