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Tinubu attended the funeral of APC Chairman’s mother in Plateau.
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He met Northern church leaders to discuss unity and peace.
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Jonathan reflected on Chibok abduction, calling it a lifelong scar.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will today, Saturday, October 4, visit Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria.
Naija News reports that this was made known in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to the statement, Tinubu will depart Lagos for Jos, the Plateau State capital, to attend the funeral prayers of Nana Lydia Yilwatda Goshwe, mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Professor Nantewe Yilwatda Goshwe.
The statement further noted that after the funeral prayers, the President will address church leaders across Northern Nigeria at the headquarters of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Jos.
Tinubu is expected to return to Lagos later in the day after the visit.
Meanwhile, former President Goodluck Jonathan has again reflected on the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014, describing it as an indelible scar on his legacy.
Speaking on Friday at the public presentation of “SCARS: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum”, a memoir authored by former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (retd.), Jonathan said the incident remains one of the most painful memories of his administration.
“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,” Jonathan stated.
Jonathan praised Irabor as a soldier who stood for truth and never played politics with security issues.
Recall that 276 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok, Borno State, in 2014. Although some were later freed or escaped, about 80 remain in captivity, with their fate uncertain.
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