Nigeria, Oct. 5 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday criticised President Bola Tinubu for attending the funeral of the mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Nantawe Yilwatda, in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a key promoter of the opposition coalition against Mr Tinubu, said the president should have used his visit to the state to commiserate with victims of recent banditry attacks rather than attending a social event.

The former vice president made the remarks in a statement posted on his official X (formerly Twitter) account.

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