- Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser to the president on political matters disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari will come back to Nigeria soon
- Ojudu said everybody will be surprised the day President Buhari comes back
- Presidential aide said he is sure that millions of people will go to the airport and welcome him
Babafemi Ojudu, a special adviser to the president on political matters, on Monday, August 14, assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will return to the country.
Ojudu made this known to condemned some rumours that the presidency ordered some Nigerians to embark on solidarity protests across the country in support of Buhari, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
NAIJ.com gathered that he said the presidency did not sponsor anybody to stage a protest.
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He said: ''I was working in my office when I was called to go and receive them, just the way we also received the Bring Back Our Girls’ protesters last time.
''This presidency does not give money to anybody. This is not our tradition, is not our culture to buy protest or induce people to do any.
''If they decide to talk to us we talk to them. This group has a special message for the acting president and they wrote to us that they were coming and we received them.
''Those ones never informed us of anything. They were just doing their own protests and that was it''.
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''You will be surprised the day President Buhari is coming back to see the millions of people that will go to the airport to welcome him.
Ojudu however said the presidency did not shun the coalition of civil society organisations demanding that Buhari resume duty or resign.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Aso Rock, the Nigerian presidential villa, would receive unusual visitors on Monday, August 14 in the form of protesters who were marching in support of Buhari.
Watch NAIJ.com TV video of women leading pro-Buhari protests in Katsina recently: