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Nigerians ‘Call Out’ Governors Who Attend Malami Son’s Wedding While COAS, Others Were Being Burried in Abuja

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May 23, 2021

Mixed reactions from concerned Nigerians have continued to trail the choice of some dignitaries in the country who chose to attend the wedding ceremony of one of the sons of the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, in Kano while the burial of General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, and 10 others who died in Nigerian Airforce plane on Friday was ongoing in Abuja.

This spurred different reactions from Nigerians who felt the top military officers who died in active line of duty did not get the kind of last respect they deserve.

After the plane crash of Friday, Malami issued a statement, saying he had cut short his son’s wedding.

But it was pomp and pageantry in Kano when Abiru Rahman Malami, second son of the minister, got married at Alfurqan Juma’at mosque in the Kano metropolis.

Among the governors who attended the wedding were Bello Matawalle (Zamfara), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi).

ANGER ON SOCIAL MEDIA

In 2016 Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was killed. Putin attended his burial. In 2018 terrorists killed French Policeman, Arnaud Beltrame.Macron attended his burial. In Nigeria, we lost our Army chief, and @OfficialAPCNg Governors had a party in Kano!#TableShaker pic.twitter.com/bAazH5WK1z
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) May 22, 2021

https://twitter.com/baba__________/status/1396182482366705671?s=19

The smooth running of the event, which was devoid of the national mourning, generated backlash on social media as seen in some of these tweets.

The military is the reason we can have election in the North that brought these idiots to power. Today, they couldn't attend the COAS funeral but gathered for the 21 years old Malami son's wedding. These are the people y'all voted. I don't know what to call yall! pic.twitter.com/SD6cO7NXGG
— FS Yusuf (@FS_Yusuf_) May 22, 2021

https://twitter.com/RaceEastern/status/1396176855145779200?s=19

While Nigeria is busy burying our hero's, this Governors are merrily cracking jokes at the wedding of Attorney General Malami's Son.
We knew they have no heart… Now here is confirmation they have no soul either!
And to think our poor are blindly cheering these fools! pic.twitter.com/dQZCH3L7ty
— Bukar Tijjani, DVM (@BukarAbbah) May 22, 2021

Governor Inuwa Yahaya Attends Malami's Son's Wedding

Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State earlier today joined his counterparts and other dignitaries at the wedding fatiha of son of the Attorney General of the federation and Minister of Justice,Abubakar Malami, SAN in Kano. pic.twitter.com/PHMJW6N0Qd
— Rabi'u B Goro (@RabiGoro) May 22, 2021

If it is true that at the time Nigeria is going through a national tragedy of loosing 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. pic.twitter.com/c0s4XJsi12
— Adamu Garba II (@adamugarba) May 22, 2021

However, some top government officials honoured the deceased officers with their presence.

Among them were Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno; Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed; Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi; Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor and Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo.