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The consular-general in the Nigerian embassy
in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Umar, neither side-
stepped protocol nor accorded preferential
treatment to the family of former Vice
President Namadi Sambo over that of
President Muhammadu Buhari when both
arrived for the lesser Hajj (Umrah) in Saudi
Arabia.
A senior consular official, who is privy to the
protocol arrangements for both families, told
LEADERSHIP Friday that contrary to media
reports that the consular-general is a protégé
of Sambo and that the former vice president
influenced his appointment, Umar was
appointed to his present position based on his
competence and experience.
The source, who craved for anonymity, also
denied insinuations that Umar snubbed the
wife of the president and her children, saying
that the consular-general joined the Nigerian
ambassador in Saudi Arabia to receive Buhari’s
wife, Aisha, and her children at the airport.
LEADERSHIP had been informed that both
families had arrived in Saudi Arabia earlier this
week for the Umrah and while Aisha Buhari
and her five children were allotted a two-
bedroom accommodation, the former vice
president was allotted an eight-room
apartment.
But the source said the accommodation
arrangements for both families were the
prerogative of Saudi authorities and that any
guest was at liberty to get another
accommodation at his or her expense if
dissatisfied with the official arrangement.
On the alleged preferential treatment given to
the former vice president by the consular-
general, the source also said Sambo actually
paid for his hotel accommodation, save for the
fact that he was ferried from the airport, the
same privilege accorded to Hajia Buhari.
“Then the issue of the wife of the president
paying for her accommodation is a normal
practice, and the same thing applies to other
wives of presidents who visit Saudi Arabia when
they are not satisfied with the accommodation
provided.
“In fact, we tried to get her a much better
accommodation but that was what was provided
by the Saudi Arabian authorities.
“So, this is the true state of things and not the
other way round as reported. It is also not true
that the consular-general is a stooge of the
former vice president; they met each other
when he had already been appointed to his
present position,” he explained.
The source further claimed that the embassy
extended all the required protocol due to the
First Lady

Source:leadership.ng/news/446022/lesser-hajj-nigerian-embassy-did-not-snub-pmbs-family

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I know they will be treated well. It's just a propaganda from press.