I’m eager to return to battle
front —OBJ's son •As
Atiku, Fintiri visit him
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL Adeboye
Obasanjo, recuperating son of former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was
reported, on Tuesday, to have expressed eagerness to return to the battle
front.
This he disclosed when the
former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, paid a surprise visit to him at a
government facility in Yola, Adamawa State.
Lieutenant-Colonel Obasanjo
was shot on Monday in the Michika battle between the Nigerian military and Boko
Haram insurgents.
Also on Tuesday, the state
acting governor, Alhaji Ahmed Fintiri, visited the recuperating Lieutenant-Colonel
Obasanjo and wished him quick recovery.
A Source at the hospital told
the Nigerian Tribune that Atiku was glad to find Obasanjo in high spirit.
According to the source, the
former vice president was impressed to learn from the injured officer his
readiness to return to the front to deal with the insurgents.
The source quoted Atiku to
have told Lieutenant-Colonel Obasanjo that he was impressed to see him display
the type of courage associated with his former boss, President Obasanjo.
Also, Alhaji Fintiri saluted
the courage and steadfastness of all officers of the Nigeria Army, who were
battling to curtail the activities of insurgents in Mubi senatorial one of the
state.
He gave the commendation when
he visited Lieutenant-Colonel Obasanjo, adding that the people are very proud
of the soldiers, who had lost their lives in the course of duties.
Earlier in the day, the
acting governor had, in a statewide broadcast, described the events of the past
four days of incursions by insurgents into the headquarters of Madagali and
Michika local government areas of the state as “an
unfortunate chapter in the history of the state.”
While sympathizing with
people of the two councils, he assured that everything was being done to bring
the situation under control.
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