Just In: Tinubu To Visit Plateau, Attend Funeral

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Saturday visit Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria.

Naija News reports that this was made known in a statement by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

The statement reads: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Lagos on Saturday, October 4, for Jos, Plateau State capital, to attend the funeral prayers in honour of Nana Lydia Yilwatda Goshwe, mother of the APC National Chairman, Professor Nantewe Yilwatda Goshwe.

“The President will later address Church Leaders across the North at the headquarters of the COCIN Church in Jos.

“President Tinubu will return to Lagos on the same day after the visit.”

Meanwhile, former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has recounted the abduction of the Chibok secondary school girls in 2014, describing it as a scar on his legacy.

Speaking on Friday at the public presentation of ‘SCARS: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum’, a memoir by former Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, Jonathan said no plastic surgeon can remove the scar of the Chibok girls’ abduction, stating that he would die with the pain.

He, however, praised Irabor, describing him as a good soldier who stood for the truth and never played politics with issues of security.

Naija News reports that 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, were abducted in 2014 by Boko Haram insurgents. Although some were later freed or escaped, about 80 children remain in captivity, with their fate uncertain.

Speaking at the presentation of the book by Irabor, Jonathan said, “The title of this book is quite interesting. One of the major scars on my government is the Chibok Girls.

“As Bishop Kukah said, no plastic or cosmetic surgeon can remove it. It is a scar I will die with.”

Source: Naijanews