Ekiti
State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has spoken out on why President
Muhammadu Buhari was allegedly snubbed by U.S government over the
attendance of Donald Trumps' inauguration.
Gov. Fayose
In an official statement by Lere Olayinka, the Ekiti State
Governor's Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media, Gov.
Ayodele Fayose, has described the non invitation to President Muhammadu
Buhari to attend the Donald Trump’s inauguration as a clear signal that
the president does not enjoy international relevance any more.
The outspoken PDP governor who said that the development was a very
clear signal that Buhari’s government would not enjoy tangible support
from the new US government, added that there is no doubt that Buhari is
not in the good books of the incoming US government.
Governor Fayose argued that Buhari’s frequent visit to US during
Obama administration and the romance was due to the tacit support given
to Buhari by Obama to win the 2015 election with deception.
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 US, our president will be
missing in action.”
The governor wondered why the same president, 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 US that gulped $1m per trip, has come to an inglorious end,” he 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 horrid human rights abuses of the Buhari
administration.
He enjoined Trump to use his good offices to look into the daily
killings in Nigeria particularly in Southern Kaduna where over 1,000
people were slaughtered like goats and buried in mass graves.
Fayose reiterated, “The Southern Kaduna killings is a clear case of genocide that must be thoroughly investigated and unraveled.
“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,” he added.
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