Hajiya Titi
Abubakar, wife of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar, said she married her husband because of his honesty, sincerity and
integrity.
Mrs, Atiku
made the remarks when a group, Women for Atiku, paid her a courtesy visit at
her Maitama residence in Abuja.
“I get
confused whenever I read the false allegations of corruption being peddled by
mischief makers against my husband in the media.
“I ask
myself if they are referring to my husband whom I have been married to for 47
years or a different person.
“No one
knows my husband like I do and their descriptions of him are totally those of a
different person and not those of the man I love and adore because of his
uprightness,” Mrs. Atiku said.
She said
they were brought together by destiny and that she had been endeared to him
because of his sterling qualities and patriotism to his fatherland.
“I was on my
way back to Nigeria from Benin Republic where I visited my aunt and was
accosted by custom officials at the Idi-Iroko border who demanded the payment
of a duty for the pair of brocade materials which were gifts from my aunt.
“An argument
ensued between us and I told them to keep the material because I would not pay
duty for a pair of brocade, and a gift at that.
“The
officer, who was Head of the Command at that time intervened, paid for the duty
charge and gave me the receipt.
“One thing
led to the other, we hooked up later and the rest is now history.
“As the
head, he could have chosen to order that I be allowed to go, but he paid for
the duty and that act, from that time, impressed me and I fell deeply in love
with the man Atiku,’’ she said.
The National
Coordinator of Women for Atiku, Mrs. Blessing Ebera, thanked Mrs. Abubakar for
the warm reception accorded her group and pledged that it would continue to
mobilise women across every ward to vote for Atiku Abubakar come 2019.
She said
that the National leadership and the 36 state coordinators of the group visited
to inform her that with the commencement of campaign, the group was set to
penetrate every corner of Nigeria to mobilise support towards an Atiku victory
in 2019.
Ebera said
that the group would also embark on voter mobilisation and education.
She assured
Mrs. Abubakar that members of the group were working towards mobilising at
least 50 women in every ward across the country in cooperation with other women
support groups.
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