Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has revealed why his father was jailed when he was a little child.
Atiku, who is the founder of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa State, revealed that his father was jailed for resisting his enrolment in school.
The Turaki Adamawa who spoke while delivering an address to the AUN graduating Class of 2025, also opened up on his early struggles and the pivotal role education played in shaping his life.
Atiku in a podcast series produced by the university’s Communications and Multimedia Design Department, revealed that his father was once jailed for opposing his enrolment in school.
In the words of Atiku; “We started from nothing — sitting on the bare ground, and writing with our fingers. That’s how far I’ve come.”
The former Vice President further said that despite the hardship, the establishment of AUN was not merely a reaction to his childhood experiences, but also as his crediting his inspiration to the American Peace Corps teachers who taught him in 1961.
Atiku said; “The AUN story is different. It was the American Peace Corps who taught me in 1961 that truly ignited the vision”.
