BEVERLY HILLS, July 24, (THEWILL) – A former minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday described as old and fake the photograph of President Muhammadu Buhari having launch with some APC leaders, said to have been taken in London on Sunday.
In an article currently trending on the internet, Fani-Kayode said he reliably gathered that the picture “was taken during a Ramadan (celebration) in Abuja sometime back and not yesterday (Sunday) in London”.
Expressing doubts about Buhari’s much-reported meeting with a handful of governors, Fani-Kayode asked why the Nigerian and foreign media were not allowed to cover the proceedings and participate in the event.
Wondering also why the Aso Villa press corps did not take one of their own cameramen to London to make a short video of the event, he pointed out that though the photograph was meant to have been taken in London, “curiously, all the drinks on the table are Nigerian products and Nigerian-made.
“Did the governors take all those drinks along with them to London when they went to see the President?” the unsparing critic of Buhari asked.
Fani-Kayode also sought to know if Buhari was no longer returning anytime soon, as claimed by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and some government officials who, he noted, “recently told us that he (Buhari) would be back on the 28th of July”.
He described the photograph and the governors’ visit as “puerile and nauseating conspiracy”, asking “Why did Buhari not shake anyone’s hands during the photo-shoot?”
“Why did he not get up from his chair…? Why was he just sitting there …?” Fani-Kayode asked, stressing that he would also want to know why Buhari was not recorded on audio tape or interviewed while he was with his guests.
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