“You Lied” Wife Of Slain Officer Denies Receiving Atiku’s Phone Call

The wife of the late Lt. Col Ibrahim Sakaba, one of the 44 soldiers
killed by Boko Haram insurgents during an attack on 157 Task Force
Battalion in Metele, Borno State last month, has denied claims by the
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, that he called her.

Atiku had said on Twitter on
Sunday, “This Christmas I urge all Nigerians to spare a thought for our
military on the frontlines of the war on terror.

“I had cause to
telephone Lt. Col. Ibrahim Sakaba’s widow this Yuletide. I am touched
by her devotion and love for her husband who paid the supreme sacrifice
for Nigeria.”

Speaking with The PUNCH on Monday, however, the
widow, Seun, told our correspondent that she never received any call
from the former Vice-President.
She wondered why Atiku would tell lies.

“Why the lies? I have not received any call from Atiku please,” she said.