Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has said he is not afraid to take a stand on critical issues.
Atiku was reacting to the social media backlash after he deleted a tweet condemning the killing of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.
Deborah was killed by a mob for alleged blasphemy.
In the deleted post, Atiku had condemned the killing, saying all those behind the victim’s death must be brought to justice.
Speaking on why the post was taken down, Atiku said he did not authorise it.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopeful spoke when he paid a consultative visit to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House, Benin city, on Friday.
“Every tweet has to get my approval. Unfortunately, this tweet, because I was travelling all over Nigeria, did not have my approval. So, I said it should be taken down. That every tweet must have my express approval.
“I am not a person that is afraid to take a stand on issues. You know the stand I took on sharia. I was pelted and abused in the North but then, how long did the sharia last?
“I told them they were having political sharia. I was vilified. They threw stones at me, and that didn’t make me change my position as far as sharia is concerned. But where is the sharia today?
“So, the only thing that went wrong with that tweet was that it wasn’t authorised by me,” he said.
