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Buhari was deliberately shut out of Trump’s inauguration – Fayose

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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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