Intersociety, Of all the trending and unfolding
dramas associated with the whereabouts and true health status of President
Muhammadu Buhari, the latest as captioned above is gravely disturbing and
diplomatically weighty; capable of causing serious diplomatic rows between
Nigeria and the new Donald Trump Administration in Washington; if found to be
an extension of trending presidential falsehood or virus in Nigeria.
All leading local and
foreign news media were hours ago awash with news of President Donald Trump speaking
with (nowhere to be found) President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and inviting
him to Washington at a mutually convenient date. In the said telephone
discussion, President Trump was further quoted as encouraging President Buhari to
keep up the good work he is doing; commended Buhari for his efforts made in
rescuing 24 of the Chibok Girls and the strides being taken by the Nigerian
military. Both leaders were also quoted as discussed ways to improve
cooperation in the fight against terrorism through provision of necessary
equipment. President Trump was further quoted as assuring the Nigerian President
of US readiness to cut a new deal in helping Nigeria in terms of military
weapons to combat terrorism. (Sources: Daily Trust and Vanguard
Newspapers, February 13, 2017).
Criminologically, diplomatically and
circumstantially speaking, the statements as above bolded and italized may most
likely have been presidentially corrupted and made an extension of trending
presidential falsehood in Nigeria and expanded into presidential falsehood across
borders. The referenced statements are also grossly one-sided, circumstantially
untenable, diplomatically blundered and grossly un-Trump-like.
Such diplomatic conversations can only
take place between two mentally coherent and bodily agile Presidents. If the
Nigerian President is that bodily agile and mentally coherent, why is he not on
seat in Nigeria? Not even the defence of “doctors’ advice and results of
medical tests” can keep a hale and hearty President off his presidential seat for
three weeks running, if he is truly hale and hearty, to the extent of having
such weighty diplomatic conversations with the world No 1 President at this
point in time. The same new US President said to be calling President Muhammadu
Buhari was factually seen globally receiving the Prime Minister of Canada at
the White House and at the same or hour of the purported long diplomatic
conversations with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Common sense and circumstances have
also made mockery of the authenticity that would have been attached to such
diplomatic conversations. The aspect of diplomatic calls to President Buhari
from President Donald Trump at this point in time, if true, can only be
pitiable or sympathetic calls and on health grounds. This is owing to the fact
that all is not well with President Muhammadu Buhari wherever he is; leading to
his transfer of presidential powers and functions to his Vice President. Since
there is a coherent acting President on seat in Nigeria, such weighty diplomatic
calls should have been appropriately directed to the acting President.
Circumstances may most likely not have
been ripe for new President Donald Trump to say those things Deacon Femi
Adesina credited to him. Most importantly and strikingly, the statements under
reference are monolithic in source; having only come from the mouth of Mr. Femi
Adesina, who is co-enmeshed in trending presidential falsehood and associated
dramas in Nigeria concerning the true whereabouts and health status of
President Muhammadu Buhari who has gone missing in office since late January
2017.
In all, we at Intersociety make bold to
say that presidential falsehood in Nigeria may most likely have gone beyond
borders in the subject matter under advocacy discussion. This is more
so when some APC chieftains said to have gone to meet President Muhammadu
Buhari in London have just debunked going to meet with him and President
Muhammadu Buhari himself has continued to miss in office on possibly gravely
health grounds.
Unless the authorities of the White
House and the United States Department of State speak in concurrence and
authoritatively from Washington DC; confirming all that Mr. Femi Adesina said
President Trump said to President Muhammadu Buhari, otherwise we ask all
Nigerians to ignore the statements or accept them with a pinch of salt. Not
even a concurrence statement from the US Embassy in Nigeria can expressly be
convincing and acceptable to all and sundry.
This is because of the likelihood of
the Embassy being contaminated by trending
presidential virus or falsehood, or in the name of “diplomatic pressures”. Funny enough, the same Mr. Femi Adesina
that barely knows where his boss is or visits or joins him wherever he is, has
suddenly appeared in the presence of his boss to record what he discussed with
President Donald Trump.
Signed:
Emeka Umeagbalasi, Board Chairman
International Society for Civil Liberties
& the Rule of Law (Intersociety)
+2348174090052
Barr Obianuju Igboeli
Head, Civil Liberties & Rule of Law
Program
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