ATIKU PLEDGES SCHOLARSHIP TO VIRAL NIGER TEEN MINER. (PHOTO).
Atiku pledges scholarship to viral Niger teen miner Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said his “heart breaks” each time he watches a viral video of a teenage artisanal miner, Yusuf Aliyu, speaking at a mining site in Niger State after the deaths of 37 miners in the state. Atiku, in a statement posted on his X handle, said he was prepared to support the boy’s education, describing him as a child whose intelligence and confidence should be nurtured in a classroom rather than by working at a mining site. “I have watched Yusuf Aliyu’s video repeatedly, and each time, my heart breaks. A child with such intelligence, clarity and confidence should be in a classroom building his future—not struggling for survival in a community surrounded by gold but buried in poverty. “I cannot look at him and see an ‘illegal miner.’ I see a Nigerian child failed by the country that should have protected him. I see brilliance trapped by poverty and enormous promise abandoned by leadership,” ...
According to Bola Tinubu media office,who said today tuesday that the former governor of Lagos State's residence in Bourdillon,Ikoyi Lagos was invaded by combat ready soldiers.The media office for Tinubu,further explained that ''For three straight days,the private residence of the National leader of All Progressives Congress {APC} has been under surveillance by battle ready and helmet wearing soldiers,numbering close to 30 and riding in three patrol vans and an army truck stationed close to the entrance of the gate to Tinubu's house along Bourdillon road in Ikoyi,they have become a permannt feature.Their obvious target Tinubu himself and perhaps the hordes of politicians and visitors that visit his Bourdillon residence.The soldiers were first noticed on a sunday a few minutes to 11:pm in a army truck,so these morning tuesday,10 February,two vans from the army were stationed on both sides of the house along Bourdillon road,their missions shrouded secrecy''.Tinubu said ''He will not be intimidated by these show of strength,intimidation and possible harrassment.I remain resolute in my advocacy and support for the rule of law.Jonathan's government,has through the service chiefs staged a coup against Nigerians and the constitution and now want to silence his critics.I will not be muzzled through the barrel of the gun.The guns and bullets they should use to defeat Boko Haram are now being turned against the opposition and innocent Nigerians''.
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