ATIKU FIRES BACK AT OBASANJO, SAYS HE STOOD BY EX-PRESIDENT IN PRISON AND AFTER RELEASE. (PHOTO).
Atiku Fires Back at Obasanjo, Says He Stood by Ex-President in Prison and After Release Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has responded to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent criticism, insisting he stood by the former military ruler during his incarceration and after his release from prison, and declaring that history cannot be rewritten. Obasanjo had on Friday described his decision to pick Atiku as his running mate in the 1999 presidential election as the biggest mistake of his presidency. He made the remark in Lagos during a fireside conversation with entertainer and activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, at the public presentation of Charly Boy’s foundation and memoir, *999: A Memoir in Tribute to Late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa*. In a statement issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described Obasanjo’s comments as “another failed attempt to rewrite history.” The former vice-president defende...
President Goodluck Jonathan,will vist the village from where the school girls were abducted a month ago by Islamist rebels group Boko Haram.It will be Jonathan's first visit since the kidnappings to Chibok village.He will travel on to a regional security summit in Paris at which boko haram will be discussed.Alice Friend,the Pentagon's principal Director for African Affairs said ''The Depart has been deeply concerned for some time by how much the Government of Nigeria has struggled to keep pace with boko haram's growing capabilities.The Nigerian security forces have been slow to adapt to the threat from the islamist militant group.Our intent is to support Nigerian efforts to recover the girls and help catalyze greater efforts to secure the Nigerian population from the menance of boko haram''.More photos below. 
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