President Muhammdu
Buhari is not in Abuja House, London, an official told a Guardian reporter on
Sunday.
The
unidentified official made the disclosure when the reporter attempted to see
the President who is currently on medical vacation.
Recounting his
encounter, the reporter quoted a staff member of the Abuja House, as saying,
“As far as I’m concerned, he’s not here.”
The
Abuja House is the official residence of the Nigerian High commissioner to the
United Kingdom, UK.
He
wrote: “At 2:50 p.m., when a black Mercedes jeep arrived, the occupant sitting
by the driver rolled down the glass and asked, “Why are you here?
“When
I told him that l was a reporter with The Guardian and l had come to see if the
president was there and to interview him, he looked quite irritated and replied
angrily: ‘he’s not here, you can’t see anybody here.’
“In an extraordinary
move, two police officers, Constables Marlett and Stock, were called in by the
security staff at the Abuja House to arrest the reporter.
“When
both arrived on their motorcycles, they took the reporter’s name and date of
birth and subsequently made a check on the national database, before staying
around for about 20 minutes and then left.
“Prior
to that, the security staff threatened the reporter with the police when he
called at the Kensington residence to interview President Buhari about his
continued stay in the UK.”
Recall
that shortly after Buhari embarked on his vacation few weeks ago, rumour had it
that he was dead.
-Daily Post
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