U.S
President-elect, Donald Trump's inauguration will hold later today, and
the presidency has reacted to why President Muhammadu Buhari was not
invited to the historic event.
Trump & Buhari
Former director of New Media of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Deji Adeyanju took to his Twitter on Thursday, and disclosed that U.S
President-elect, Donald Trump has snubbed President Muhammadu Buhari and
invited Goodluck Jonathan to the American presidential inauguration
slated for later today, Friday, 20th January.
In a swift reaction to the above
statements and the viral reports making rounds online, the presidential
senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, took to
his social media account to address the rumours, giving reason why the
president was not invited to America for Trump's inauguration.
He wrote; "Gentlemen, I think we should respond to refute this
falsehood. The US does not invite Heads of State or President to the
inauguration of their Presidents. Our President could therefore not have
been snubbed."
We had also reported some hours ago
that the outspoken governor, Ayodele Fayose, in a statement, described
the non invitation to President Buhari to attend Trump’s inauguration as
a clear signal that the president does not enjoy international
relevance any more.
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,” Fayose said.
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