Hajiya Titi Abubakar, wife of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, said she married her husband
because of his honesty, sincerity and integrity.
Mrs
Atiku made the remarks when a group, Women for Atiku, paid her a courtesy visit
at her Maitama residence in Abuja.
“I
get confused whenever I read the false allegations of corruption being peddled
by mischief makers against my husband in the media.
“I
ask myself if they are referring to my husband whom I have been married to for
47 years or a different person.
“No
one knows my husband like I do and their descriptions of him are totally that
of a different person and not that of the man I love and adore because of his
uprightness.
She
said they were brought together by destiny and had been endeared to him because
of his sterling qualities and patriotism to his fatherland.
“I
was on my way back to Nigeria from Benin Republic where I visited my aunt and
was accosted by custom officials at the Idi-Iroko Boarder who demanded for
payment of a duty for the pair of brocade material which was a gift from my
aunt.
“An
argument ensued between us and I told them to keep the material because I would
not pay duty for a pair of brocade, and a gift at that.
“The
officer, who was Head of the Command at that time intervened, paid for the duty
charge and gave me the receipt.
“One
thing led to the other, we hooked up later and the rest is now history.
“As
the head, he could have chosen to order that I be allowed to go, but he paid
for the duty and that act from that time impressed me and I fell deeply in love
with the man Atiku,’’ she said.
The
National Coordinator of Women for Atiku, Mrs Blessing Ebera, thanked Mrs
Abubakar for the warm reception accorded her group and pledged that it would
continue to mobilise women across every ward to vote for Atiku Abubakar come
2019.
She
said that the National leadership and the 36 state coordinators of the group visited
to inform her that with the commencement of campaign, the group was set to
penetrate every corner of Nigeria to mobilise support towards an Atiku victory
in 2019.
Ebera
said that the group would also embark on voters’ mobilisation and education.
She
said that the acquisition of Permanent voters Card (PVC) would be mandatory for
every female of voting age in Nigeria.
She
urged those that registered but were yet to collect their PVCs to visit the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for collection.
She
assured Mrs Abubakar that members of the group had strategized to mobilise at
least 50 women in every ward across the country through synergy with other
women support groups.
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