Atiku signed his 1973 ‘Sadiq’ WAEC affidavit in court on a Saturday

August 18, 1973, the date former Vice President Atiku Abubakar claimed to have signed an affidavit in court in his claim that he is the same person as Sadiq Abubakar, was a Saturday.

From time immemorial, courts in Nigeria do not open for business on Saturdays and Sundays, being work-free days in the country.

In the said affidavit, Atiku had sworn to an oath that he sat for the West African School Certificate Examination (WAEC) in 1965 as Sadiq Abubakar but that he later changed his name to Atiku Abubakar.

The former Vice President had, in a public statement on Sunday, October 10, 2023, insisted that he was the same person as Sadiq Abubakar who sat for WAEC in 1965.

A statement by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Ibe, said: “It is on record that the change of name of the former Vice President reverting to Atiku Abubakar from Siddiq Abubakar is well documented in an affidavit dated August 18, 1973, spanning over a period of 50 years.”