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It is recalled General Mohammadu Buhari departed Nigeria on February 19, 2015 through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja but was reported by his presidential media team to have departed for London on a working visit – adding that Buhari will address the Chattam House on Thursday February 26, 2015 – and that he will also visit with the Nigerian communities in London. But the team held onto the real reasons the Buhari campaign team went to London. Our source reveals the Chattam House engagement was not the main reason for the trip, “it was a mere decoy” to help divert attention away from the main reasons for the said trip. According to the source, “why would Buhari visit London for Chattam House speech one week before?” The source acknowledged that the APC presidential candidate is afflicted with a “terminal illness that is not immediately terminal” – that his life is not immediately threatened.
Another source from the Amaechi camp revealed to 247ureports.com that the dwindled campaign financial resources of the APC presidential campaign was the principal reason for the sudden London trip. The source pointed to the unexpected shift in the election date by the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] as crippling to the financial standing of the team. “The team did not expect to have the election date shifted by six weeks – and so did not make budgetary provisions for that” said the source who proceeded to add that the money situation within the APC is dire. The normal contributors to the campaign who had contributed generously are not as eager to contribute as they had done previously. The governors within the APC are said to have turned their attentions away from the presidential trains to their respective campaigns within their states. Governor Amaechi who was reportedly the highest contributor to the Buhari campaign to the tune of N17billion has turned away from the presidential campaign train to focus attention to the dogged campaign being waged by the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] gubernatorial candidate in the person of Nyesom Wike and his team which includes the 1st Lady of the country, Patience Jonathan. Governor Kwankwaso, the governor of Kano State has also turned away from the presidential train of the APC for personal reasons and for reasons concerning his senatorial race in Kano State. He is currently embroiled in a political battle against the heart of the APC in Kano which is still populated by sympathizers of Honorable Minister of Education and former governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau. The governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha according to sources has expressed to the APC presidential campaign team that he “has done his part” – and is now focused on his reelection campaign – against a potent PDP candidate, Honorable Emeka Ihedioha. The former vice president of Nigerian and the APC presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has also not show eagerness to add to the N900million purportedly donated by him to the APC presidential campaign train. A source in Atiku’s Sheraton towers office revealed to 247ureports.com that Atiku believes the elections will not hold in March 28, 2015 – and so no need to “continue wasting money”.
While in London, an authoritative source revealed the APC presidential candidate proceeded to hold closed door meetings at a high scale restaurant at Shard Skyscraper [31st floor] with selected Arab billionaires. Among the list of billionaires were those reported to have previously financed presidential candidates in sub-Saharan African countries. According to the source, some of the Arab billionaires included known associates of terror financiers in Africa.
Among the list of billionaires present at the meeting include – Nadhmi Auchi a real estate mogul from Iraq resident of United Kingdom; – Mohammed Ibrahim founder of Celtel from Sudan resident in United Kingdom. He is a known ‘investor in Africa’ under his Mo Ibrahim Foundation; – Wharton Ayman, an oil mogul from Syria resident in United Kingdom; Abdirashid Duale, Islamic banking mogul from Somalia; Othman Benjelloun, an international banker from Morocco; Saad Hariri, the deposed prime minister of Lebanon. Also among the participants were representatives of two suspected terror financiers – in the persons of Khalifa Mudammad Turki al-Subaiy [former officers at Qatar Central Bank] and Rahman bin Umayr al-Nuaymi [former president of Qatar football association]. Both have been alleged to contribute significant financial resources to the jihadist struggle in Syria and Iraq.
It is uncertain the fruitfulness of the outcome of the meeting. But it is certain that the group of Arab billionaires had given unfettered attention to the APC presidential candidate. The APC presidential candidate – in his talks with the billionaires impressed on them of possible prosecution faced by Muslims in Nigeria largely due to President’s religious divisive tactics in governing the country.
According to sources privy of the high profile meeting, General Buhari had to explain to the Arab billionaires how the initial monies donated to the campaign were expended. 247ureports.com was reliably informed that the group of Arab billionaires had initially donated an amount a little over N26billion prior to the unexpected postponement of the presidential Election Day. The billionaires expressed unhappiness with the unsavory nature the election was rescheduled because the Election Day shift – in affect – locked their monetary investments to an uncertain fate. They insisted on concrete assurances the election will indeed be conducted on March 28, 2015. Credible but unconfirmed information indicate that the majority of the billionaires hedged their continued financial support on the assurance of the March 28, 2015 elections. The outcome of the meeting was however unknown.
