Buhari Declines Conversation Attempts From Alison-Madueke During Flight To UK

Its seems the unprecedent flight of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari has not only caused lot of stirs but has also seen a little bit of drama.

During Buhari's trip to london, Nigeria's Minister Of Petroleum Resources Dieziani Allison-Madueke was also on board with the president-elect and co-incidentally sitting right behind him in the first class column.

According to reports from an online medium, Sahara Reporters, Efforts of the minister, during the six-hour flight, to speak with Buhari failed.
According to the report, the President-elect only greeted Alison-Madueke during the boarding process.

It stated that the minister allegedly tried many times to stir a conversation with Buhari, but the latter shunned her.

The flight was reported to have arrived at Heathrow in London at 2:15pm, but the passengers disembarked at 2:45pm. The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, refused to comment on the issues when contacted. Calls to the mobile phone of its spokesperson, Mr. Kingsley Agha, were ignored while a text message to him was not replied.

He was asked to explain why the minister travelled and her action at the airport.
But the media team of the President-elect issued a statement saying his visit to Britain was private.

In a statement signed by the head of Buhari’s media team, Malam Garba Shehu, this was the first of such visit outside the country since winning the March 28th presidential election.

The statement, which was issued in Abuja on Friday, partly read, “General Muhammadu Buhari will use the opportunity of the visit to take a much-deserved rest ahead of his inauguration on May 29.

“He is expected back in the country a few days before the inauguration, refreshed and ready to hit the ground running once he is sworn into office.”