He said this yesterday when former vice president Atiku Abubakar visited him at a government hospital in Yola where he is being treated.
Adeboye who is an army engineer is said to be in high spirits despite his injuries. He was recently deployed from Jos to Adamawa state where he was injured during a battle to repel the insurgents at Michika.
A source in the hospital told one of our correspondents that the former vice-president, who recently mended fences with Obasanjo, was glad to find Adeboye in high spirit.
The source quoted Abubakar as having told the officer that he was impressed to see him display the type of courage his father (Obasanjo) was known for.
“He even marched before me even as he was recovering from gunshots,” the source quoted the ex-vice president as saying.
Abubakar was said to have wished Adeboye speedy recovery from the injuries he sustained from gunshots in an operation to flush out insurgents from Michika. About 25 soldiers were killed in the battle.
Also, Omeri told journalists at a news conference in Abuja that Adeboye was in high spirits when he spoke with him on the telephone on Tuesday.
The NOA boss, who coordinates the National Information Centre, said, “I spoke with the son of Gen. Obasanjo’s son that was involved in the incident of yesterday(Monday). He is in very high spirits and he is assuring Nigerians that what is on his mind now is to get well and go back to defend his fatherland.
“That was what he told me today(Tuesday). And this is the kind of patriotism and the spirit that even those of us who are not on the line of battle should exhibit. We should continuously support members of the armed forces and support them in prayers.”Omeri also cautioned Nigerians against buying used phones and Subscriber Identity Module cards as they could have been used by insurgents.
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