Nigerian opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari has flown to London in an attempt to ease Western fears about his leadership in the event that he succeeds in winning the upcoming presidential election.

Buhari, election candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), is up against incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in the vote, delayed until March 28 by the electoral commission on the recommendation of the country’s security services. The security authorities claimed that a six-week military operation against the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, which is being conducted in the northeast of the country, was scheduled to begin on the same day as the election, leaving an inadequate security presence for voters in the rest of the country.


According to his campaign, after flying in from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Buhari is set to speak at the foreign policy NGO the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House as well as holding talks with “key members of the British political establishment”. However, Chatham House could not confirm that he would be speaking, only saying it was “likely” and Newsweek could not determine who Buhari would be meeting.

Manji Cheto, West Africa analyst at political risk consultancy Teneo Intelligence, believes that Buhari’s flying visit to Britain is to show Western officials that he is someone who will “adhere to democratic principles” if he is elected next month. “This is designed to position Buhari as pro-investment and pro-Western partners,” she says. “What [western officials] have heard is mostly information that the PDP [the rival People’s Democratic Party] has said to the world through propaganda.” “It’s him having private meetings as well to calm Western partners about any potential autocratic tendencies so to speak,” she adds.

A journalist with knowledge of the situation on the ground in Nigeria, who declined to be named on matters of Nigerian politics, added that the devout Muslim politician is on a “charm offensive” to reassure Western officials about not only his own credentials but also his ability to tackle the threat of the Boko Haram insurgency. “There is a feeling of anxiety among Western governments about Buhari, about what he represents and who his backers are,” the reporter noted. “So it doesn’t surprise me that he has flown in for talks before the election.” “He wants to, as much as reassure them about himself, also convince them that he has got a plan for dealing with Boko Haram. I think that would be top of his agenda.”

http://www.newsweek.com/nigerian-opposition-leader-buhari-arrives-london-charm-offensive-308235

Thought they said the People's general is in London to treat cancer.

saTANists and propaganda are inseparable twins.

OP, did you see this?

"However, Chatham House could not confirm that he would be speaking, only saying it was “likely” and Newsweek could not determine who Buhari would be meeting."

That old man is on a sick bed recuperating. Every other arrangee meeting may just be cover up. [size=13pt]'APC' and 'Lies' are synonymous.[/size]

[size=20pt]The man should also stop over at Cambridge for his authentic WASC certificate[/size] (if truly he sat for that exams)

Goddex:
OP, did you see this?

"However, Chatham House could not confirm that he would be speaking, only saying it was “likely” and Newsweek could not determine who Buhari would be meeting."

That old man is on a sick bed recuperating.

You def need contemporary English. That Newsweek couldn't determine who he would be meeting suggests to you that he's sick You are sick

Goddex:
OP, did you see this?

"However, Chatham House could not confirm that he would be speaking, only saying it was “likely” and Newsweek could not determine who Buhari would be meeting."

That old man is on a sick bed recuperating. Every other arrangee meeting may just be cover up

Ur opinion

I wonder the intonation he would use to convince the west of how he would be democratic if (but not possible) elected

that heavy hausa accent? No No No

Hahaha lol, charming his nurse or his inflamed prostate?

NobleAky:
I wonder the intonation he would use to convince the west of how he would be democratic if (but not possible) elected

that heavy hausa accent? No No No

may be he never spoke a word in the war college back then in Cambridge.

Goddex:
OP, did you see this?

"However, Chatham House could not confirm that he would be speaking, only saying it was “likely” and Newsweek could not determine who Buhari would be meeting."

That old man is on a sick bed recuperating. Every other arrangee meeting may just be cover up

This is only but your wish for the people's General but such desire shall backfire to you...

The only thing I understands from the write-up is that Buhari is a suspect.

Someone that cannot be trusted... in fact, a Buhari that have a terroristic baggage he is trying to hide from the world.

afolag:

may be he never spoke a word in the war college back then in Cambridge.

may be

As a veteran military general, he knows first hand that you don't disclose all your strategies.
At least newsweek an internationally reputed paper has confirmed that he is there for a noble purpose even though they were not told who he wants to meet. Of course when running against an incumbent, names won't be flying as much.
Sai Buhari

politicians and lies.
Pity those of us that still listen to them

Arrives in Charms Ke!!! Abeg which charm jare #JujuThingsOnPoint

Story

NobleAky:
I wonder the intonation he would use to convince the west of how he would be democratic if (but not possible) elected

that heavy hausa accent? No No No

See this one oh. To the white man he is just another funny accent English speaker just like the Yoruba man, igbo man and other Africans.

Booohary is finished, looking for favor and support from the west after your evil deeds of the '80s ? Sorry too late Pa. Booohary.



Boohary balloon busted already.

Another SaTANist lie bursted.

I hope Fayose, the ambulance driver or is it taxi driver can enlightened Nigerian who he actually secretly ferried to uk in his imaginary air ambulance.

My President -in- waiting.

Exile beckons on Bode George and Fayose

Goddex:
OP, did you see this?

"However, Chatham House could not confirm that he would be speaking, only saying it was “likely” and Newsweek could not determine who Buhari would be meeting."

That old man is on a sick bed recuperating. Every other arrangee meeting may just be cover up

Recuperating? I thought you would even say he is dead.

SMH

Buhari has gone to meet the real owners of nigeria. He might meet the queen in an underground in buckinham palace.

Another propaganda of TANoids deflated.

The people love him...
The thieving elite wants him there
The Ex-Generals are Clamoring for him
Vote General Muhammadu Buhari
Vote Change
Sai Baba

hey someone should call fayose if he hasn't died of high blood pressure concerning this news.

SaTANist how market ??

Ikengawo:
Hahaha lol, charming his nurse or his inflamed prostate?

May inflamed prostrate be yours just as you wish Buhari.

Let saTANists come tell us that Newsweek is owned by Tinubu, like the Nations.

I don't know y pple are giving themselves headache about Buhari, if pdp like let them say that "they (pdp) saw him (Buhari) entering john hopkins hospital for treatment" na pdp wahala b dt. I have already decided who i will vote for and it is people general that i am voting for.
It is dos that are yet to decide that pdp can be using dr yeye talk for.
#SaiBuhari15

appini:
The only thing I understands from the write-up is that Buhari is a suspect.

Someone that cannot be trusted... in fact, a Buhari that have a terroristic baggage he is trying to hide from the world.

Buhari a suspect ? Guy honestly u must be a comedian, a suspect would not have left his home talkless of going to a western country where he can easily be apprehend . Anyway, the real suspect in Nigeria politics as at today is Buruji Kashamu (PDP senatorial aspirant in Ogun State), Kashamu is a close ally of GEJ, he dare not step his foot outside Nigeria esp in Western Countries or else, you and i know the rest of the story.
Again you said Buhari has a terrorist baggage, like i said earlier you must basketmouth2, terrorist baggage yet he is going to western country and you still claim Buhari is hiding from the world. He would have stayed in his Daura hometown on a lowkey if truly he is a terrorist like you claim. Please don't spill fallacy again .
Enjoy your day

A very good move sire. Strengthen ties, make as many allies as you can cause you are definitely going to Aso rock.

Vote change
Vote GMB/PYO

NobleAky:
I wonder the intonation he would use to convince the west of how he would be democratic if (but not possible) elected

that heavy hausa accent? No No No

At least he doesn't have that inferiority complex syndrome which I think you definitely have judging from your comment.

It is ppl like you who'll do every thing possible to speak the way the white man doess. ''WANNABE''

But the children of anger said it is all lies, that Buhari isn't in London, that the pictures of him supposedly walking in London are old pics taken in 2013 and recycled!!

So, as guy sympathetic to tanoids, I reject in totality this publication! The publisher must have been paid by Tinubu's APC!