The Media Aide to the 2023 Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has contradicted the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, saying that opposite to his declare, Atiku commiserated with the folks and the state authorities over the explosion in Ibadan.
On January 16, an explosion occurred in Ibadan, leading to fatalities, quite a few accidents and vital injury to properties price hundreds of thousands of naira.
Makinde, on Monday, whereas receiving the Labor Social gathering presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on the governor's workplace in Ibadan, regretted that Atiku, not like others, had not referred to as or messaged to commiserate with the folks of the state over the explosion in Ibadan.
Makinde acknowledged: “I’m extraordinarily grateful as a result of the Musketeers who stood for the presidential elections have contacted me. The President referred to as me and also you contacted me however my occasion candidate, Atiku Abubakar, didn’t name and even ship a textual content message.
“And I say it overtly in order that our leaders will know that there’s a time for politics, there’s a time for governance and there’s a time for humanity. So we wish to thanks very a lot, sir. We respect this go to.”
Reacting to this, Atiku, in a press release by his media advisor on Monday, clarified that the PDP 2023 presidential candidate commiserated with the victims, the folks and the state authorities. He added that Makinde could have been too busy to maintain up with media reviews on the incident.
The assertion learn partly: “With all due respect to Governor Seyi Makinde, we want to appropriate his expression on His Excellency Atiku Abubakar's response to the latest explosion in Ibadan metropolis.
“Atiku Abubakar conveyed a condolence message lower than 24 hours after the explosion in Ibadan, sharing his condolences and empathy with the nice folks and authorities of Oyo State over the incident.
“Perhaps the governor was too busy to comply with the media reviews concerning the incident. However we wish to report that His Excellency Atiku Abubakar issued a publicly out there message on the Ibadan incident on January 17.”
Verification by our correspondent reveals that Atiku on January 17, via his verified Fb web page, expressed his condolences to the folks and authorities of Oyo State over the explosion.
Atiku, in his January 17 Fb submit, mentioned: “I wish to specific my condolences to the nice folks and authorities of Oyo State over the explosion that rocked the capital, Ibadan, late final night time.
“Whereas the federal government continues to offer humanitarian assist to the victims of the explosion, I sympathize with the households of those that could have misplaced their lives and property because of the explosion.”
