*Why I Divorced Atiku Abubakar, Jennifer Atiku’s* Full Statement
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Jennifer, one of many wives of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, explains why she is divorcing her husband and the controversies which have characterised the method in an announcement.
*WHY I DIVORCED ATIKU*
by Jennifer Atiku
Jennifer Abubakar, the spouse of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has issued an unique assertion to on the divorce saga along with her husband, Atiku Abubakar.
Lengthy however well worth the learn.
The full assertion:
For a while now, particularly in the previous few weeks, there was a complete lot of rumours and in circulation concerning the state of my marriage to his Excellency Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Waziri Adamawa, GCON.
The tales obtained extra vicious as they continued to flow into. I deem it essential to defend myself in opposition to the calculated propaganda to malign my character and place me in a nasty mild and injury my title.
Without resorting to nonsensical speak, I might handle the 2 key points at hand:
(1) That I requested for a divorce as a result of His Excellency obtained married once more.
(2) That I offered his Excellency’s home in Dubai.
That I requested for a divorce as a result of His Excellency obtained married once more.
• On June. 26, 2021, I requested His Excellency to grant me a divorce in mild of the breakdown of our marriage.
And, throughout that interval, I advised his Excellency that I stay at his Excellency’s service to proceed to help him in his actions even If I’m not married to him. Suffice it to say that a number of associates of his Excellency tried to mediate on this matter. I thank them most graciously and stay grateful for his or her efforts, Peter Okocha, Senator Ben Obi, Tunde Ayeni, Captain Yahaya and Senator Ben Bruce.
• The core cause for the divorce was disagreement over my continued keep within the United Kingdom, to take care of my kids and a number of other different long-standing points.
I wanted to play the position of a mom right now to the kids who’ve gone by the absence of each father and mom rising up; particularly, with the passage of my elder sister who used to take care of them.
Furthermore, in mild of COVID occasions, selecting to stick with the kids was nonnegotiable.
And, in keeping with Northern tradition, the brand new spouse takes up the baton so I also can give attention to giving the youngsters extra care.
• Despite not informing us formally in accordance with Northern/Islamic tradition, I knew about his Excellency’s new spouse from the time Excellency was relationship her and when his Excellency ultimately married her.
I’ve graciously invited our new spouse to my son’s wedding ceremony in Dubai in 2018 with none unwell emotions and congratulated his Excellency when our new spouse put to mattress.
• I used to be already conscious that His Excellency had gotten married to our new spouse however that didn’t deter me from supporting His Excellency and certainly, we went by a most rigorous electioneering marketing campaign and garnered large help for his election in 2019.
• That His Excellency married a brand new spouse was by no means the reason for our drawback as many have mentioned.
His Excellency is a Moslem and I’ve by no means questioned him about his wives or meant.
I hope this brings this concern to relaxation as I didn’t depart the home due to his new marriage.
Moving out of the matrimonial Home in Asokoro and Yola.
• The Matrimonial dwelling in Asokoro which we reside was gifted to me by him even earlier than we moved into that dwelling from a earlier residence.
Indeed, His Excellency prompted his Private Secretary to course of the DEED of task paperwork for the home, which he did and handed. me the paperwork.
I then commenced processing the title to the property.
• During the preliminary mediation dialogue, Excellency denied that he gifted the home even after I confirmed him the doc with the signatures of his aide, his Excellency requested me to offer him the deed of present.
“When I asked him, where will me and the kids stay when we come to Nigeria?”, he advised me that since I’m the one which requested for a divorce, I ought to discover a place to remain and subsequently, I moved out.
• His Excellency additional gave orders to have my nephews residing with me in the home ejected inside an hour of his order and gave orders that I and my members of the family will not be allowed to enter the home.
Hence, throughout my final go to to Nigeria in December, 2021, I stayed at a lodge.
I’ve lengthy launched these belongings to him and hereby reiterate that thee titles are at his disposal to select up each time he deems match.
Dubai Home
• There has been a variety of hypothesis on the Dubai dwelling. For some time now, I had purposely stayed away the Dubai till I took custody of that property September 2021 after his Excellency reneged on his phrase to offer the present worth of the mentioned property in alternate.
When I got here to Nigeria, in early September, 2021.
I requested to have a personal dialog with His Excellency. During that dialog, I knowledgeable his Excellency that after I get again to the United Kingdom, I’ll go to Dubai and take over the home.
He subsequently departed for his medical journey to Germany refusing to handle any of the problems I privately needed to conclude with him outdoors of third events.
• I subsequently travelled to Dubai, and took custody of the mentioned property.Once I did that, on 18 September 2021, His Excellency despatched me a textual content and I quote: “I hear you might have moved to Dubai to takeover the home.
I’m nonetheless in Germany for my medicals.
Make positive all my properties together with (redacted) are intact so I can gather all my properties. I want you properly’.
• I responded to him: “ Excellency, I’m left with no different possibility as we have to get on with our lives amicably.
I hope your medicals are arising good.
I want you properly too’.
• On nineteenth September, 2021 in response to his textual content that I’m not being amicable and I quote ”Good morning, with due respect, Excellency, I advised you on Saturday earlier than you left for Germany, that I used to be going again to UK, take [our son] again for his check, then come to Dubai.
I reiterated that day the necessity for an amicable decision.
I keep that stance and stay at your service Your Excellency’.
• Further on Tuesday, 21 September, 2021, I requested His Excellency in one other textual content whether or not he needed me to pack up his garments and provides to Rahim (his driver) because the driver on his directions was shifting his automobiles.
I additionally requested Excellency in that textual content whether or not he needed me to have Rahim pack up his workplace.
Then his Excellency despatched me a textual content again and requested: ‘So its true you have sold the villa?’
• Subsequently, His Excellency despatched the motive force to take possession of all of the automobiles.
The reality subsists with regard to the Dubai home.
I’ll make no additional feedback on it as a result of it’s the topic of litigation filed by his Excellency in opposition to me.
I must additionally placed on document that if I needed to take His Excellency belongings, I might not have returned to him his property paperwork in Abuja and Jos and doc, allowed the motive force to gather his automobiles, gave up the home in Asokoro and Yola.
The final time I used to be in Nigeria I known as to have the Asokoro and Yola paperwork delivered to him.
It was by no means picked up and I nonetheless state that Excellency is free to ship somebody to have the paperwork picked up anytime he deems match.
Threats/Intimidation
• Since this incident, I worry for my security and that of my youngsters.
His Excellency’s safety operatives particularly Ibro and others have making threats and calling my relations, associates and workers and trying to find my belongings to grab and monitoring my telephone calls and people of associates and relatiives. For that cause, I’ve exited my legislation agency and offered all my belongings and moved overseas till peace reigns.
• I’ve completed nothing mistaken besides to ask for a divorce and it pains me that I’ve to make use of this medium to handle thorny points however worry that at this level, I must put my aspect of the story on document. It is clear {that a} marketing campaign of calumny to whole discredit and put me in unhealthy mild has begun.
Despite all that has occurred, I reiterate that I requested for a quiet divorce which had if it had been granted, we’d not be the place we’re in the present day.
Divorce is rarely a straightforward course of for each events.
I reiterate that I hope we will settle our points privately and I might stay at His Excellency’s service ought to he want my assist, anytime.
