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The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele
Fayose, has described the non- invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari
to Donald Trump’s inauguration as the President of the United States of
America on Friday (today) as a clear signal that the President has lost
international relevance.
The governor said the development was a
very clear signal that Buhari’s government would not enjoy tangible
support from the new US government.
Fayose, according to a statement by his
Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media, Mr. Lere
Olayinka, on Thursday said there was no doubt that Buhari was not in the
good books of the incoming US government.
But the Presidency said there was no
truth in the claim that Buhari was shut out of Trump’s inauguration as
it was not in the character of the US to invite Heads of State or
Presidents to the inauguration of its Presidents.
The Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a message
posted on his Facebook page in reaction to Fayose’s claim.
Shehu wrote, “Gentlemen, I think we
should respond to refute this falsehood. The US does not invite Heads of
State or Presidents to the inauguration of their Presidents. Our
President could, therefore, not have been snubbed.”
However, Fayose argued that Buhari’s
frequent visits to the US during the Obama administration and the
romance was due to the tacit support given to Buhari by Obama to win the
2015 presidential election.
He said, “With Obama’s role in the
emergence of President Buhari, it can be said that he (Obama) is a
member of the APC in the Diaspora. In an important event like this in
the US, our President will be missing in action.”
The governor wondered why Buhari, who
was a regular visitor to the US under Obama, was today not part of the
historic inauguration of a new administration.
“No doubt, something is fundamentally
wrong because if there is hope of a future relationship between
President Buhari and the new US President, they would have been
celebrating his inauguration and would not have allowed Nigerians to
hear any other news apart from Buhari going to America.
“Obviously, Buhari’s junketing to the US that gulped $1m per trip, has come to an inglorious end,” Fayose said.
The governor, who congratulated Trump
for winning against all odds, like he (Fayose) won his own election in
Ekiti in 2014, appealed to the new American President to do everything
possible to save Nigeria from the wanton killings and alleged human
rights abuses of the Buhari administration.
Fayose enjoined Trump to use his good
offices to look into the daily killings in Nigeria particularly in
Southern Kaduna where, he said, over 1,000 people were slaughtered like
goats and buried in mass graves.
The governor added, “To make matters
worse was the bombing of the Internally Displaced Persons camp by the
military in desperation to cover up the corruption and mismanagement of
affairs in the camp. We appeal to Trump to ensure that the voice of the
opposition is not silenced in this country.
“We, however, appreciate the non
invitation of Buhari because that will give him the much needed
opportunity to face the problems he inflicted on Nigeria, especially the
IDP bombing, which left over 100 hapless Nigerians dead.”
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