Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he was disheartened that the Nigerian government under President Bola Tinubu failed to bestow upon the late Taiwo Michael Akinkunmi a state burial he was so rightfully promised.
Newspot reports that the late Akinkunmi was the creator of Nigeria’s national flag.
The statement comes after BBC reported that the family of the man who said they had given up waiting for a promised state funeral, a year after he died.
The family, instead, said Akinkunmi, who died a year ago aged 87, is going to be buried this week in Oyo State, where he lived.
However, in a post on his X handle on Thursday, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate insisted that no other patriot embodies the spirit of honour and sacrifice as profoundly as Akinkunmi.
He said: “I am immensely disheartened that the Federal Government under Tinubu’s administration has failed to bestow upon the late Michael Akinkunmi, the creator of our national flag, the state burial he was so rightfully promised. No other patriot embodies the spirit of honour and sacrifice as profoundly as the revered ‘Mr. Flag Man.’ “
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