Izuchukwu Okosi
Erstwhile wife of former Nigeria’s vice President Atiku Abubakar, Jennifer Jemila Abubakar, has revealed the true reasons why she divorced the former Nigeria’s number 2 citizen.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelIn a statement she released on Tuesday, the Onitsha-born lawyer detailed how issues surrounding her continued stay in the United Kingdom led to their separation and not because the former Nigeria Customs Service officer elected to marry another wife as previously believed.
“That His Excellency married a new wife was never the cause of our problem as many have said. His Excellency is a Moslem and I have never questioned him about his wives or intended,” the onetime broadcaster stated.
“The core reason for the divorce was disagreement over my continued stay in the United Kingdom, to look after my children and several other long-standing issues.
“I needed to play the role of a mother at this time to the children who have gone through the absence of both father and mother growing up; especially, with the passage of my elder sister who used to look after them.
Jennifer Atiku spoke about the properties and assets under litigation as filed by the former Presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“The truth subsists with regard to the Dubai house. I will make no further comments on it because it is the subject of litigation filed by his Excellency against me.
“I need to also put on record that if I wanted to take His Excellency assets, I would not have returned to him his property documents in Abuja and Jos and document, allowed the driver to collect his cars, gave up the house in Asokoro and Yola.
“The last time I was in Nigeria I called to have the Asokoro and Yola documents delivered to him. It was never picked up and I still state that Excellency is free to send someone to have the documents picked up anytime he deems fit.”
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
