Nigeria’s former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has countered a statement by Oyo State governor, Rotimi Makinde that he did not commiserate with him over the explosion that rocked Ibadan.

Atiku in a statement by his aide, Paul Ibe said:

“With due respect to Governor Seyi Makinde, we wish to correct his expression about the response of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar to the recent explosion in the city of Ibadan.”

“Atiku Abubakar made a condolence message about the Ibadan explosion, less than 24 hours after its occurrence, where he shared his commiseration and empathy with the good people and government of Oyo State over the incident.”

“Perhaps the Governor has been too busy to take track of media reports on the incident. But we wish to put on record that on the 17th of January, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar did make a widely available message on the Ibadan incident.”

For those who don’t know, Makinde while playing host to the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, lamented that Atiku never reached out to him.