CITIZENS COMPASS – IMMEDIATE past President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has clarified why he relocated from his town, Daura in Katsina State, to London in the United Kingdom.
He said Nigerians forced him to take the decision.
The claim by the former president came as he dismissed insinuations that he recently appealed to President Bola Tinubu not to investigate some former officials of his administration.
Buhari’s clarifications came in the wake of some social media comments of the meeting behind closed-door between him and President Tinubu in London few days ago.
Noting how he took the decision to relocate to Daura, 450 kilometers from Abuja after handing over, the former president, however, observed that the continued flooding of people to his Daura home made him relocate 4,344 kilometers away to London, United Kingdom.
Buhari who spoke through his former media aide, Mallam Garba Shehu said:
“If social media is to be believed, former President Muhammadu Buhari is requesting his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to investigate some former officials of his government.
“It is fake, let us not discuss it or give it energy or air of publicity. This is fake news, and nothing more.
“Thankfully, there was no one other than the two leaders in the room in which they met, so no one was there to report their conversation.
As much as possible, the former President wishes to remain outside the spotlight so as not to distract the new administration.”
Noting how Buhari was forced to relocate his retirement base from Daura to London, Shehu said:
“He chose to go home in Daura hoping to find the type of quiet he wished for himself but realizing that this was not the case, visitors trooping in morning, day and night, he moved out to a more distant place.
“It remains his wish that he be allowed to have his needed rest, and for the Tinubu administration to have the right atmosphere to work on the realisation of the promises they made.”
