I Did Not Visit Jang In Prison – Atiku

BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Monday said he did not at any time visit embattled former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang in prison.

Atiku was reacting to reports in some section of the media purporting that he visited Jang in Jos Prison.

A statement by the Atiku Media office in Abuja said the report, as it relates to the former Vice President, is in its entirety false and a mere fabrication.

The Media office said that for the avoidance of doubt, Atiku Abubakar has been in Yola, Adamawa State since Thursday for the activities of the 10th Commencement Ceremony and Presidential Inauguration of American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola.

It further said that Atiku attended the Honours Society event of the University and on Friday, joined the Yola Ummah at the first Juma’at prayer of this year’s Ramadan at the Yola Central Mosque and later graced the Graduation Awards Ceremony of AUN.

“On Saturday, Atiku Abubakar attended the 10th graduation ceremony of AUN which was widely reported in the media. The former Vice President arrived in Yola International Airport in the morning of Thursday, 17th May and still remains in Yola till today.

“Therefore, he was not, and could not have been in Jos as being claimed in a section of the media”, the statement said.