Former
vice-president of the federal republic of Nigeria and 2015 presidential hopeful,
Atiku Abubakar has cancelled his birthday dinner celebration in apparent
respect to the dead and wounded victims of the Kano Central Mosque bombing.
The blast
which claimed over 200 lives and left scores injured.
Abubakar
had planned to celebrate his birthday on Saturday 29th November but had to
cancel the celebration due to the sad and tragic incident.
According
to the statement posted on his Facebook page about his decision to cancel the event,
he had this to say
H.E
Atiku Abubakar has this evening cancelled his 68th birthday celebration dinner,
in reaction to #KanoBombBlast.
Atiku
stated that he could not in good conscience continue with the celebration when
the national mood is that of mourning.
According
to Atiku, “There will be many more years to celebrate birthdays, but tonight is
a very sad and sober one for Nigeria. It’s best we just pray at home. I would
appeal to all who are able, to send donations in cash and kind to the victims of
the bomb blast and Internally Displaced Persons in the North East.”
After
Christian and Muslim prayers were said for the victims of the bomb blast and
terror attacks, Atiku left the venue. The event become a prayer session for
victims of terror and safety of the country at large.
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