Daily Nigerian
Many Nigerian Twitter users have taken a swipe against former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for changing his stance on the killing of a female student in Sokoto State.
On Thursday, a group of students of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto had murdered their female coursemate over alleged blasphemy.
The school has since been shut down by the state government, while police had since arrested some of the suspects.
Reacting to the killing, Mr Atiku took to his verified Facebook page to condemn the lynching of the female student named Deborah Yakubu.
The now deleted post read: “There cannot be a justification for such gruesome murder. Deborah Yakubu was murdered and all those behind her death must be brought to book to justice.
“My condolence to her family and friends.”
A few minutes after the post, the former vice-president deleted the post, following a backlash against his stance.
Mr Atiku, however, said the post does agree with his orders, claiming that the post was done by his staff without his input.
Trolling the former vice-president, a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, said Mr Atiku’s refusal to condemn the killing of Deborah & the withdrawal of an earlier condemnation is worse than the killing itself.
“By this @Atiku has murdered Deborah all over again & pissed on her grave. He has also encouraged other sociopaths to come out & commit murder with impunity,” Mr Fani-Kayode wrote…
