The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has explained why he deleted his tweet condemning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was lynched for alleged blasphemy.
Speaking at the Channels Television people’s town hall meeting on Sunday, Atiku said that he normally approves every tweet before it is posted, and since he did not approve the tweet in question, he asked his team to delete it.
He added that his subsequent statement on the murder condemned the incident in strong terms.
“I asked the tweet to be deleted because I normally approve every tweet and since I did not approve the tweet, I asked them to delete it. If you read my subsequent statement on that murder, I condemned it,” Atiku said.
