{"id":240498,"date":"2026-01-28T09:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/i-suffered-assassination-attempts-because-of-loyalty-atiku-laments\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:24:14","slug":"i-suffered-assassination-attempts-because-of-loyalty-atiku-laments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/i-suffered-assassination-attempts-because-of-loyalty-atiku-laments\/","title":{"rendered":"I Suffered Assassination Attempts Because Of Loyalty \u2013 Atiku Laments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that he was forced into exile to escape several assassination attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku recounted his experience during the book launch of loyalist begets loyalist\u201d written by\u00a0the National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"c-ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/18855965\/naijanews_body2 --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He lamented that he has suffered for loyalty, adding that this is the price many Nigerian politicians have paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019<em>Many of us here, particularly Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, Abdullahi, and myself, have suffered because of loyalty. I have personally faced exile as a result of loyalty.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have survived assassination attempts as a result of loyalty. So, Bolaji, what you may have found through research is not unusual; it is part of the price many of us have paid,\u2019\u2019 <\/em>Atiku said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"c-ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/18855965\/naijanews_body3 --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking further, the former vice president warned that loyalty requires accountability, transparency and also the ability to listen and learn.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u2018\u2019<em>Loyalty should strengthen the common goal, not narrow the circle of belonging. It requires accountability, transparency, and the ability to listen and learn, especially from those with whom we disagree.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>True loyalty embraces diversity of thought and protects the dignity of every citizen. As leaders and aspiring leaders, these are lessons we must bear in mind for leadership and public service.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"c-ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/18855965\/naijanews_body4 --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n                                                                                                            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that he was forced into exile to escape several assassination attempts. Atiku recounted his experience during the book launch of loyalist begets loyalist\u201d written by\u00a0the National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi Story continues below advertisement He lamented that he has suffered for loyalty, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":240499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[439],"class_list":["post-240498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-atiku-abubakar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Atiku-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}