{"id":32687,"date":"2014-11-01T06:45:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T05:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=32687"},"modified":"2014-11-01T06:45:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T05:45:06","slug":"mubi-invasion-bad-omen-nigeria-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/mubi-invasion-bad-omen-nigeria-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Mubi Invasion: A Bad Omen For Nigeria \u2013 Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2269\" class=\"yiv2777822776MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the recent\u00a0<i>Boko Haram<\/i>\u00a0overrun\u00a0of Mubi and the hoisting of their flag in Adamawa State\u2019s second largest town, as a tragic\u00a0act and a worrisome affront to the corporate integrity\u00a0of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2260\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2259\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2258\">The<i>\u00a0Turaki<\/i>\u00a0Adamawa, who was abroad when the sordid incident took place in his home State on Wednesday, 29 October, told a group of journalists on arrival on Friday that: \u201cwith what I have gathered so far from online\u00a0news reports and other sources from Mubi town, \u00a0the\u00a0situation\u00a0is very unfortunate and undermining\u00a0for our country.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2263\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2262\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2261\">The visibly angry statesman also stressed that: \u201cIf\u00a0the reports are true\u00a0that the Armed Forces\u00a0had abandoned their assigned duty\u00a0posts\u00a0a few days before the overrun,\u00a0it was an indication that the attack was not sudden after all. If the Soldiers also left\u00a0behind their ammunition and\u00a0armoured carriers\u00a0at the mercy of predatory insurgents,\u00a0it raises a question of complicity in the sordid episode.<\/span>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2266\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2265\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2264\">He described as most unfortunate a situation were unsuspecting civilians who had relied on security agencies for their protection and were expecting an improvement in their security status as a result of the announced Ceasefire, were suddenly left defenceless and at the mercy of the marauders.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">Atiku, who said he was not a\u00a0<i>conspiracy theory<\/i>\u00a0convert, did not hesitate to frown at\u00a0the undercurrent of connivance\u00a0that might have fuelled the sudden retreat of the military in the face of imminent invasion of a vital commercial town, less than three hours away from Yola the Adamawa State Capital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">&#8220;No Commander-in-Chief or General that is worth his salt will surrender his territory with folded arms and running heels,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2294\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2295\">\u00a0\u201cOn every occasion that leaders from the North East raised an alarm about the dangerous trend, we have either been ignored or called names,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2293\">he recalled<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2292\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2291\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2290\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2289\">\u201cIf there\u2019s any\u00a0iota of truth in the suspicion of the people that they were deliberately abandoned, then it becomes a dangerous trend and a bad omen for Nigeria and all Nigerians,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2288\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2287\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2286\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2285\">Meanwhile, the former Vice President said he is heading for Yola to meet with those managing the displaced people and see what assistance he can render to reduce\u00a0the sufferings of the<a style=\"color: #196ad4;\" rel=\"nofollow\" name=\"14966f3ef8989a3e__GoBack\"><\/a>\u00a0people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414820283873_2281\" class=\"yiv2777822776MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the recent\u00a0Boko Haram\u00a0overrun\u00a0of Mubi and the hoisting of their flag in Adamawa State\u2019s second largest town, as a tragic\u00a0act and a worrisome affront&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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