By Dipo Olowookere
President Muhammadu Buhari has refuted reports claiming he did not grant audience to the Kano State Governor, Mr Abdullahi Ganduje, during the recent Eid-el-Kabir holidays, which the President observed in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State.
The President, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, described the reports as “incorrect.”
The statement said the story was probably planted by “mischief makers, who wish to score cheap political points against the Kano State Governor.”
Mr Buhari had received the Governor, along with others, a few weeks ago in London, and the Kano State Governor had also welcomed the President, alongside many others, on his return to the country on August 19.
“Why would such a person then be snubbed, as being reported, particularly on social media? Mr Adesina asked.
Mr Ganduje had visited Daura during the Sallah holidays to commiserate with the Emir of Daura, His Royal Highness Faruk Umar Faruk, who had recently lost his younger brother, Mr Barde n’Daura.
The Governor then used the opportunity to be part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
“There is absolutely no reason for President Buhari to have snubbed Governor Ganduje, or anybody else for that matter. It is not in the character of our President,” the statement said.
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