Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, has stated that he deleted a tweet condemning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was lynched for alleged blasphemy, because the tweet was shared without his permission.
Deborah, a Christian 200-level student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was assassinated in May by fellow students for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.
On Sunday, Atiku was asked why he deleted the tweet in which he condemned the act during a Channels Television people’s town hall meeting.
