USA BARRED BUHARI
USA BARRED BUHARI
Trending
report as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has alleged that President
Muhammadu Buhari was barred from the United States for 15 years due to his
religious views.
Atiku was
quoted as saying this during an interview with Dele Momodu, which was part of
his weekly column titled, ‘Pendulum’, published in The Boss Magazine.
Buhari had, at a seminar organised by the Supreme Council for
Sharia in Nigeria in August 2001, said, “God willing, we will not stop the
agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country. I will
continue to show openly and inside me, the total commitment to the Sharia
movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria.”
Atiku, who was one of the notable
voices that opposed Buhari at the time, said Buhari was actually barred from
travelling to the US for 15 years as a result of his position on the Sharia
issue.
The former vice-president was responding to a question on why he avoided
travelling to the US.
Atiku
stated, “It is the sole prerogative of America to determine who they want in
their country or not. I’m not running away from America. I applied but wasn’t
issued a visa. However, they did not decline me categorically.
“They’ve
only said my application is going through an administrative process. This is
not peculiar to me. For about 15 years, Buhari could not enter America on
account of religious considerations.
“The
current Indian Prime Minister, Modi, suffered the same fate for years. Today,
he is being accorded a red carpet treatment in America. I fly to different
parts of the world, including Europe. If America wanted me, it would be so easy
for them to reach out to their allies…”
I will
defeat Buhari in 2019, says Atiku
Also,
Atiku, who recently resigned as a member of the All Progressives Congress,
boasted that he would defeat Buhari should the latter contest against him in
the 2019 presidential election.
He said
there currently existed in the country a widespread disenchantment with the
Buhari government and that he (Atiku) would defeat him in the election.
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