Titi Abubakar, wife of the
presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday went
down memory lane narrating how she met her husband.
Speaking when she received a
group known as Women for Atiku, Titi said she was on her way from Benin
Republic when she met her husband 47 years ago.
She said Abubakar, a retired
customs officer, had intervened during an argument she had with some customs
officers who demanded duty from a gift item she brought from the neighbouring
country.
“I was on my way back to Nigeria
from Benin Republic when I went to visit my aunt at the idioroko boarder and
was accosted by ofifcers of the Customs Service,” she said.
“They had demanded that I pay
duty for a pair of brocade material which was a gift from my aunt, an argument
ensued between us and i told them to have the brocade material for a keep
because i couldn’t comprehend why i should pay duty for a pair of brocade.
“Suddenly an officer by name
Atiku Abubakar who heard our argument summoned the officers to come along with
me to his office.
“He was the head of the command
at the time. After listening to both sides, Atiku demanded for the duty charge,
dipped his hand into his pocket and paid the duty and handed me the receipt smiling
and saying that ‘I will pay him back’.
“As the head of the command he
could have simply commanded them to let me go if he chose to, but his
patriotism to fatherland would never allow him do so, and that singular act
swept me off my feet and i eventually fell in love.”
Describing her husband as a man
of integrity, she said she married him for his honesty and patriotism.
She said contrary to “unverified
and vague allegations of corruption” by political detractors, Atiku is actually
a man whose integrity, honesty and sincerity earned him her love.
“I usually got confuse Whenever i
read the false allegations of corruption being spread by mischief makers
against my husband in the media,” she said.
“Most times I ask myself if they
were referring to my husband whom I have been married to for 47 years or a
different person.
“Their descriptions only befits
the opposite of Atiku Abubakar, because he is not corrupt as alleged.”
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