Contrary to what Malam Garba Shehu, Directorate of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Organisation stated in a press statement on Thursday, investigations by ionigeria.com has revealed that Major General Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) is not billed to give a talk at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatam House in London.
The Royal Institute of International Affairs usually publishes its schedule of activities on its websitehttp://www.chathamhouse.org/ . A careful scrutiny of the institute’s forthcoming events in the next six weeks shows that Major General Buhari is not scheduled to give a talk at the Institute.
In his press statement, Malam Shehu had said: “In the course of this visit, General Buhari is expected to hold meetings with key members of the British political establishment and interact with some global institutions with stakeholder interest in the affairs of Nigeria.
“General Buhari would hopefully give a talk at the prestigious foreign policy hub, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatam House in London”, Shehu added.
Meanwhile, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the secret trip by Major General Buhari (rtd) to the United Kingdom (UK) enroute United States of America (USA) is for medical treatment.
In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka , Governor Fayose said; “The truth is that Buhari travelled out today to seek medicare in USA.
“If the APC people are saying otherwise, let them publish the picture of Buhari boarding the plane and granting interview to Aviation Correspondents at the Abuja Airport.
“While I am happy that the APC people that are packaging Buhari finally hearkened to my plea that they should allow him (Buhari) to seek medicare abroad, I must say that it was evil for the APC to have lied that Buhari travelled on a working visit.
“These APC political merchants should say the truth and save Nigeria from the possibility of another Yar’Adua experience.
“They should tell Nigerians that Buhari is actually sick and lack capacity to rule Nigeria and that they are only packaging him, hoping that he will become incapacitated if he becomes president so that they can take over power by proxy.”
While wishing Buhari speedy recovery, Governor Fayose said; “Like I have maintained, the north should wait till 2019 to produce a younger, energetic and healthy president of Nigeria.”
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Source: http://www.ionigeria.com/buhari-not-billed-to-address-chatham-house-as-claimed-by-spokesman-investigation/
