The final funeral rites of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers and their subsequent burial were devoid of the presence of Northern governors, many of whom opted to attend the wedding ceremony of Attorney General, Abubakar Malami’s son.
The COAS and his entourage perished in an air mishap in Kaduna on Friday. Their remains were conveyed to Abuja on Saturday for funeral rites and burial at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari and many top government officials who also live in Abuja were absent. It was gathered though that the president sent the Defence Minister, Bashir Magashi, to represent him.
Saturday was also the day the son of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abirul-Rahman, got married at Alfurqan Juma’at mosque in Kano.
At the wedding were Umar Ganduje of Kano; Bello Metawalle of Zamfara; Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi and Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe.
The wedding also attracted some ministers and federal lawmakers according to Abubakar Aminu Ibrahim, media aide to Kano State governor.
This development was severely criticised by a former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, via his very active Twitter handle.
He tweeted: “If it is true that at the time Nigeria is going through a national tragedy of (losing) our revered hero, General Attahiru, but some Northern Governors are busy celebrating a wedding ceremony of a Attorney General/Justice Minister’s son, in Nigeria, then this is a double tragedy.”
See more pictures from the wedding below.
