President Buhari Didn’t Snub Ganduje In Daura – Presidency

The Presidency has described as false the social media report that President Muhammadu Buhari refused to grant audience to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State during the recent Eid-el-Kabir holidays.

Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, said the report was the antics of mischief makers, who wished to score cheap political points against the governor.

The presidential aide observed that the President had received Ganduje, along with others, a few weeks ago in London and the governor had also welcomed Buhari, alongside many others, on his return to the country on August 19.

He said: “Why would such a person then be snubbed, as being reported, particularly on social media?

“Governor 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, Barden 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.”