The Presidency, last night, took a swipe at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over his position on the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari at the burial of 19 soldiers killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Melete, Borno State.

Abubakar had accused Buhari of being insensitive for not attending the burial. But a source in the Presidency said the President had shown that he is running a responsible government by going to the place to commiserate with the families of the victims.

The source said, “We have read the hypocritical press release signed by Mr Atiku Abubakar, accusing the government of Muhammadu Buhari of insensitivity by the failure of the President or the Vice President to attend the burial of the 19 military victims of Boko Haram.

“The loss of the gallant soldiers, as President Buhari has said is a national loss, on account of which he went to Maiduguri where he condoled the government and people of Borno State, addressed the troops at Maimalari Barracks as well as visited convalescing gallant soldiers. “This was a clear case of sensitive and responsible leadership.

“On the other hand however, when a similar number of troops (19 soldiers) were abducted and killed in October 2001, neither he (Atiku Abubakar) nor his boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, paid any tributes not to talk of visiting the grieving family members of the martyred soldiers.

“Instead, they sent additional troops who rounded up the people of the town and authorized an indiscriminate shooting as reprisals”.

https://all-gists..com/2018/12/buhari-osinbajos-absence-at-slain-soldiers-burial-presidency-blasts-atiku.html

APC and poor communication skill....

For APC it's "your bad is badder than my bad". How Nigerians couldn't see through their deceit is mind boggling.

Oh my God... these guys are liars, Obasanjo was at the funeral.

Read the excerpts from the 2001 scene... The Tiv people killed the soldiers because the soldiers were in support of the Jakun people while assisting them to kill the Tivs rather than stand neutral while ending the fued.

From the event of 2001.

At the funeral of the 19 soldiers killed by militants on Monday, Obasanjo reiterated his resolve to ensure that those who carried out the killings will be punished. "I have directed the security agencies to track down and bring the perpetrators to book. We will make sure this despicable act is never repeated", Obasanjo said.

"Following a fresh outbreak of violence in Taraba State between Tivs and Jukuns early this month, the federal government began to deploy troops around the borders between Benue and Taraba to end the bloody feud. But on 10 October, a contingent of 19 soldiers was ambushed and captured at Vatse, near the border, by a Tiv militia. A few days later their mutilated bodies were found in a primary school in nearby Zaki Biam, a Tiv stronghold.

The militia's action, local people said, was prompted by previous
incidents in which armed men in uniform have attacked several Tiv
communities. Among the Tivs, there is a strong suspicion that elements in the military were backing their Jukun rivals either in sympathy with Nigeria's Minister of Defence, retired Lt-Gen Theophilus Danjuma - who is Jukun - or with his approval.

Indeed, the Tiv Progressive Movement, in a petition to Obasanjo, has accused the government of backing their rivals, alleging imminent ethnic cleansing against the community. The organisation purports to defend the interests of the community and is led by prominent politician Paul Unongo [/b]."

http://www.irinnews.org/feature/2001/10/24/focus-central-region-tiv-jukun-clashes

Desperate Atiku.

Presidency is always giving excuses why it did not do what it is suppossed to do. What concerns what happened in 2001 with the 19 soldiers recently killed? Is that what they want to tell the bereaved for not participating in the funeral?
Na wao

kkkkk

this presidency are a bunch of fools, they couldnt give reasons why buhari nor funeral VP wasn't there rather they are comparing it with an OBJ era.


where is the CHANGE

jchioma:
For APC it's "your bad is badder than my bad". How Nigerians couldn't see through their deceit is mind boggling.

They are not denying being bad


But they saying that your bad is badder than our bad


That's the APc change

Very useless party

Buhari doesn’t value the life of nobody, vote him again at your peril...

KadunaMafia:
this presidency are a bunch of fools, they couldnt give reasons why buhari nor funeral VP wasn't there rather they are comparing it with an OBJ era.


where is the CHANGE

They were chanting Change to get the keys to the nation's treasury.... These people are rogues... Ask Tinubu..

There was no change anywhere...

Buhari and his band of propagandists have no business being in power .
The word ' change'is a scam