President Muhammadu Buhari has denied snubbing the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, during the last muslim festival, Eid-el-Kabir.
The president said he had no reason whatsoever to snub anyone, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
“There is absolutely no reason for President Buhari to have snubbed Gov. Ganduje, or anybody else for that matter. It is not in the character of our President,” Adesina said in the statement.
The Presidency was reacting to reports that Buhari snubbed Ganduje.
The statement reads in part: “The report is perhaps the antics of mischief makers, who wish to score cheap political points against the Kano State governor.
“The President had received Gov. Ganduje, 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?
“Gov. 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, Barde n’Daura. The governor then used the opportunity to be part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.”
