Nigerians have taken to social
media to mock President Muhammadu Buhari over the controversial Martin Luther
King award he received some days back.
Recall that some members of the
African American civil rights leaders had on Tuesday given an award to Buhari
in Abuja.
This was followed by a purported
speech from the family, urging Nigerians to re-elect Buhari
According to the presidency at
the time, “President @MBuhari today at the State House received Martin Luther
King Jnr’s family. He was also conferred with the 1st Black History Month
National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership Award 2018.
#AsoVillaToday”
The children of Martin Luther
King and the King Center have, however, denied issuing the award to Buhari.
In a tweet on Wednesday, The King
Center said: “The award given to President Buhari of Nigeria was not given by
The King Center, at the request of The King Center or by the children of #MLK
and #CorettaScottKing. @MrFixNigeria.”
This statement has led to various
reactions on Twitter:
@iDeric: This fresh shit I woke
up to from this Nigeria government ehn! I’ve just been laughing. IS THIS YOUR
(MARTIN LUTHER) KING????
@SweetShantel:@AsoRock @MBuhari
You no work.
Under u, Fulani cows r more
valuable than Human lives.
you no fight for humanity &
Martin Luther King award dey hungry you..
Kukuma take this one..
@OgundipeOludar2: Replying to
@AyooAkanji @abikedabiri and 10 others
The shameful thing is that Martin
Luther King in his days don’t stand for these nonsense that characterise
Buhari’s government. Oh what an irony.
@Obiagwu_Conrade:When will this
madness of lies and propaganda by our government stop. Did it get to the point
of impersonating Luther King’s family for an award he didn’t merit. @realFFK
@renoomokri @realDonaldTrump
#Nigeria is swimming in delusion.
#Nigeria_We_Hail_Thee
@KayMefour: Yahoo 3.0. So some
people fried their hair, entered Aso Rock and said they were children of Martin
Luther King. Gave an award to Buhari and he paid them. Angel Gabriel please
blow trumpet for Buhari and most especially Pastor Osinbajo
@abelekene: Thank you
@TheKingCenter for this. I hope president @MBuhari and the @NGRPresident can
apologize to Nigerians and prosecute those behind the devilish award for
claiming that the award had a link with the great Martin Luther King
@jacksonpbn: The Martin Luther
King Jnr award to Buhari yesterday is fake. The king Family has distanced
themselves from the award.
Buhari has once again been
scammed. Abike DABIRI smiling to the Bank with her loot!
@Seyi__: So some unfortunate
distant relatives of Martin Luther King came to Nigeria to collect small cash
and endorse Buhari using the King name. Now the really children of MLK have
denounced them and their acts.
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