Why I Deleted Tweet On Deborah’s Lynching In May – Atiku
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the murder of a student, Deborah Samuel, by
religious extremists in a school in Sokoto, for alleged blasphemy on May 12.
Atiku also explained that he deleted an earlier tweet on the
matter because it didn’t get the necessary approval from him before it was
sent out.
The PDP candidate said he condemned the murder because
it was clearly done outside the tenets of what Islam provides.
He
said, “I condemned it (murder). There is nowhere it is said or there is an
injunction in the Islamic faith that you can go and take someone’s life.
“It
has to be through due process.”
Miss Deborah Yakubu, a second year
female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was murdered and
burnt by her fellow students who were Muslims for allegedly blaspheming
Prophet Mohammed, in a WhatsApp platform on May 12.
On May 13,
Atiku, in a post on his verified tweeter handle @Atiku, condemned the incident
and called for the arrest of those behind the murder.
He said in
one tweet, “There cannot be a justification for such gruesome murder. Deborah
Yakubu was murdered, and all those behind her death must be brought to
justice.
“My condolences to her family and friends.”
This didn’t go unnoticed by extremists, who condemned Atiku’s position and
threatened to punish him at the polls.
Within minutes, Atiku’s post was deleted. This led to another round of bashing
from Nigerians, who felt he cared more about votes than Nigerian lives.
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