inauguration, President Muhammadu
Buhari finally moved into the
Presidential Villa yesterday.
Buhari had been operating from the
Defence House in the Maitama area of
Abuja since he was declared winner of
the March 28 presidential election.
He continued to perform his official
duty at the Defence House after he was
sworn in as President on May 29.
Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity,
Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed
yesterday that Buhari has moved to the
Presidential Villa.
But, when contacted on telephone last
night, Special Adviser to the President
on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina,
said the President came into the
Presidential Villa yesterday to break his
fast.
However, Adesina was not certain if the
President would spend the night in the
Villa.
“The President came into the
Presidential Villa to break his fast but I
am not sure if he would sleep there.
“All I can say is that the process of
moving into the Villa has started,” he
added.
Shehu had earlier in a statement issued
on June 9, said there was no truth in
the rumour that Buhari refused to move
into the Presidential Villa because of
purported advice from Senegalese
spiritualists.
According to Shehu, renovation works in
the Villa was largely responsible for the
delay in Buhari’s movement.
In the statement, Shehu said such
suggestion was an utter
embarrassment, stressing that
“President Buhari is a practicing
Muslim who believes his fate belongs to
God.”
According to the statement, no true
believer combines faith in God and
reliance on the power of ordinary
mortals, who can neither protect
themselves, nor protect others from the
hands of fate.
Shehu said the so-called “spiritual
cleansing of the Aso Rock Villa by
Senegalese marabouts before President
Buhari moves in” was the figment of
the imagination of rumour mongers.
