‘’The Error Is Regretted” Atiku Apologizes For False Information On Condolence Call To Slain Officer’s Widow, Maryam.

Charles Oyelesi

Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of main opposition party People’s Democratic Party has issued an apology.

Atiku stated ‘’the error is regretted” after the widow of slain Lt.Col Ibrahim Sakaba denied the presidential candidate’s claims he made a condolence call to her.

Maryam famously denied Atiku’s well-publicized claim in a chat with national publication Punch.

The campaign team of Atiku has issued a statement to stem the unfavorable chain reaction trailing the development.

The statement released on behalf of Atiku reads.

Following the death of Lt. Col Ibrahim Sakaba during the Boko Haram insurgents’ attack on 157 Taskforce Battalion in Metele, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar’s staff has made efforts to get the contact of his widow to enable the former Vice President express his condolences over the loss of the fallen hero.

Over the weekend, Atiku Abubakar was availed with phone numbers of Mrs. Sakaba and Maryam, younger sister of the late soldier, in the alternative.

On Sunday, the former Vice President tried albeit unsuccessfully to contact Mrs. Sakaba but was able to eventually speak with Maryam, younger sister of the gallant soldier during which he expressed his deepest condolences to the family.

However, this communication was erroneously communicated. The error is regretted.

Atiku Abubakar, however reaffirms his deepest condolences to the Sakaba family, which sacrifices, like those of their brave son, keeps us safe.