Award Received by President Buhari Not From MLK Centre, Abike Dabiri Clarifies

Award Received by President Buhari Not From MLK Centre, Abike Dabiri Clarifies - Premium Times

We reported about this controversial award earlier as written by a Nigerian,HERE. This is an update.
The leadership award received by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday did not emanate from the Martin Luther King Centre, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has clarified.

The president’s special assistant on diaspora affairs said the Buhari administration did not claim the honour was bestowed by the King Centre, accusing anti-Buhari elements of propagating “fake news”.

Mr. Buhari received the award at the State House on Monday. His media aides and supporters started circulating messages to emphasise the significance of the award and the connection that those who gave it to the president had with Martin Luther King, Jr, a foremost American civil rights campaigner who was assassinated in 1968.

Isaac Newton-Farris, one of the organisers of the award, was later quoted in the media as saying Mr. Buhari is a foremost African leader who should be reelected in 2019.

Some critics of the president demanded a retraction from Mr. Newton-Farris, saying he should not be making partisan political statement.

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