Presidency dismisses rumours on Buhari’s delayed relocation to Presidential Villa

Abuja — The Presidency has described as baloney the rumours
being circulated that President Muhammadu Buhari refused to move
into the Presidential Villa because of purported advice from
Senegalese spiritualists.



In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the Presidency expressed “utter
embarrassment at such suggestion,” saying that President Buhari is
a practising 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.
Malam Shehu said the so-called “spiritual cleansing of the Aso Rock
Villa by Senegalese marabouts before President Buhari moves into
the villa” was the figment of the imagination of rumour mongers.
The statement said it was ridiculous to attribute President Buhari’s
delay in moving into the villa to any advice from fictitious
marabouts.
According to Shehu, renovation works in the villa was largely
responsible for the delay in Buhari’s movement into the Presidential
Villa.