L-R: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu Key Takeaways Atiku Abubakar’s aide, Phrank Shaibu, claimed on Channels Television that Atiku sponsored President Bola Tinubu’s first trip to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Shaibu said Atiku sponsored the trip because of his love for people and God and his desire to bring people closer to God.
Shaibu accused Tinubu’s supporters of politicising his recent Umrah trip and rejected the administration’s claim that Nigeria’s economy had improved.
Director of Strategic Communication of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council, Phrank Shaibu, has claimed that the presidential candidate of the ADC, Atiku Abubakar sponsored President Bola Tinubu’s first trip to Saudi Arabia.
Naija News reports reports that Shaibu made the claim during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
Asked whether Atiku would have accompanied Tinubu to Saudi Arabia if he had been invited, the aide said that the former vice president sponsored the President’s first trip to Mecca.
According to him, “The first time Bola Tinubu went to the Holy Land in Saudi Arabia, it was on the bills of Atiku Abubakar.
He took him there.
It’s on record; let him contest it.
“Atiku, in his magnanimity, sponsored President Tinubu to the Holy Land because of his love for people and the Almighty.
Atiku loves bringing people to know God.”....
