I Didn’t Snub Custom, NSCDC Boss – Buhari

Nigeria’s President-elect, General Muhammadu
Buhari has dismissed as fictional and
uncharitable report by an online medium that
had walked some government officials out of his
residence in Daura, Katsina State.
A statement issued by the Director of Media and
Publicity of the APC presidential Campaign,
Mallam Garba Shehu on Wednesday, April 15
denied any such incident took place as reported
by the online newspaper.
“It was a false and an inaccurate presentation of
the facts of what transpired when some
government officials visited the president-elect
at his Daura country home. It is totally out of
General Buhari’s character to ask his visitors
out.”
Shehu stated that the alleged visit by the
comptroller-Generalal of the Customs, Abdullahi
Inde only happened in the imagination of the
said publication. “He did not come visiting at
any time.”
On the other reported incident involving Dr. Ade
Abolurin, the Commandant-General of the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Shehu
said the president-elect was already in another
meeting when the Commandant-General came
visiting and there was no way the president-
elect could receive the new visitors. “He was
merely passing through the town and thought to
stop by,” according to the statement.
“As a matter of fact, words were promptly sent
to the gentleman and his delegation that General
Buhari was unable to meet them owing to the
fact of an-going meeting that had preceded the
time of their arrival.
“The president-elect welcomes positive
suggestions from every Nigerian about how to
bring progressive change to the country. He will
not walk anyone who had come to discuss ways
of developing the country. Courtesy and civility
will not permit that to happen. It is equally not
his character.
“It is therefore important to put the records
straight that the President-elect will be a
President for all Nigerians irrespective of
whether anyone currently holds a public office or
not.”