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EXCLUSIVE: How President Buhari paid $3m for ‘fake’ Martin Luther King Jr’s leadership award

In what many Nigerians have criticized as an undeserving First Black History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership award conferred on Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari by Martin Luther King Jr’s family, LeadersNG through a presidency source has learned that the award was handsomely paid for.

According to our presidency source, the award was facilitated by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to the president on Foreign Relations & Diaspora through a Ghanaian self acclaimed foreign diplomat, Erieka Bennett.

A quick fact-check on Erieka Bennet revealed that She runs a Non Governmental Organization called, Diaspora African Forum based in Accra, Ghana.

Erieka Bennett calls herself ‘Ambassador At Large’ as she uses her influence to facilitate foreign awards for unsuspecting African leaders.

Erieka Bennett was a former aide to Ghanaian president, John Mahama.

LeadersNG investigations revealed that Dr. Erieka Bennett was contracted by Abike Dabiri-Erewa to help use her NGO to bring Martin Luther King jr’s family to Nigeria to give President Muhammadu Buhari award.

Dr. Erieka Bennett, LeadersNG learned, contacted someone in King’s family, a distant relative of Martin Luther King called Dr. Naomi Barbara after King Center declined earlier request by Bennett to influence an award for a certain African leader.

The award which was paid for by the Nigerian government as part of the ongoing PR stunt to launder president Buhari’s image was not on official portals that was opened strictly to promote the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther king’s assassination.

Our Presidency source said, Buhari only got to know about the award on the day of confinement as he had no pre-knowledge of what Dabiri-Erewa was up to.

However, LeadersNG further learned that $3m was paid for the fake Martin Luther King Jr’s award that was conferred on Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari.

You would recall that a pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians had earlier condemned the award given to president Muhammadu Buhari.

The group in its statement berated the King’s family for awarding Nigerian president a leadership award as it negates the ideals and principles of what America’s foremost civil rights activist stood and died for.

The $3m according to our source, was provided by APC Board of Trustees member, Alhaji Nasir Dano.

The King Centre had through their official Twitter account denied awarding President Muhammadu Buhari.

The centre says “The award given to President Buhari of Nigeria was not given by The King Center, at the request of The King Center or by the children of #MLK and #CorettaScottKing.


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1841623412577749&id=100001903235476

OK

How can a whole President stoop so low

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deomelllo:
FAKE NEWS.

Every news must always appear fake to you since it is not glorifying your master and lord, Buhari. I am too happy that the social media that brought in this shame on us all with the collaboration of 15 million swindled clowns will still be the same nemesis that will send your lord and your lots to Daura in 2019! Fake ko, Folake ni

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Ratello:
Every news must always appear fake to you since it is not glorifying your master and lord, Buhari. I am too happy that the social media that brought in this shame on us all with the collaboration of 15 million swindled clowns will still be the same nemesis that will send your lord and your lots to Daura in 2019! Fake ko, Folake ni

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Instead of boring me with your usual and meaningless ipob rant, why not show us any credible proof to back up that silly and fabricated ipob rubbish.?

deomelllo:
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Instead of boring me with your usual and meaningless ipob rant, why not show us any credible proof to back up that silly and fabricated ipob rubbish.?

I am too sure you are just programmed to be bleating; IPOB, IPOB, IPOB up and down like one faulted robot. I owe you no burden of proof, kindly sniff around you know you are good at that, then go bury your head in shame. 2019 come quickly

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Ratello:
I am too sure you are just programmed to be bleating; IPOB, IPOB, IPOB up and down like one faulted robot. I owe you no burden of proof, kindly sniff around you know you are good at that, then go bury your head in shame. 2019 come quickly

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I didn't ask you to bore me with more ipob rant, I was expecting your proof that the President paid $3 million for your fake rubbish.

The official memorial body of Martin Luther King Jr., The King Center has distanced itself from the award given to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari had received Naomi Barber King, widow of MLK’s youngest brother, A.D. King, who passed in 1969.

Buhari had received the National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership Award and had vowed that his administration will continue to stay true to MLK’s ideals and values.

The King Center, the official memorial to MLK, has distanced itself from the award.

Writing on its Twitter, the organisation said the award was not given by or at the request of The King Center, or by the children of MLK.

The award given to President Buhari of Nigeria was not given by The King Center, at the request of The King Center or by the children of #MLK and #CorettaScottKing.

The award given to President Buhari of Nigeria was not given by The King Center, at the request of The King Center or by the children of #MLK and #CorettaScottKing. @MrFixNigeria

— The King Center (@TheKingCenter) March 28, 2018

https://www.bellanaija.com/2018/03/martin-luther-king-buhari/

hahahahahaha we done enter one chance bubu don finished this country ooooooo

Annie939:
hahahahahaha we done enter one chance bubu don finished this country ooooooo

OGA NA THIS NEWS WAKE ME UP FROM MY SLEEP NOW NOW FA!!!!
INFACT ONE BLACK ANT BITE ME NA HIM I COME SHOUT "what! this must b an APC ANT" bros trust me nah, i no even waste time @ll, infact no mercy as i grind the APC ANT NA HIM I COME SHOUT " BACK TO SENDER !"
E NO GO BETTER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WEN SUFFER GO STAND FOR SUN VOTE THIS EVIL ANT APC INTO POWER, NA THUNDER GO STRIKE THEM COME THIS RAINING SEASON WALAHI!!!

Shame... APC can shop/steal/bribe for awards but promise credible elections...

How the heck do these things happen? What manner of yeye is this?

That's how desperate does APC morafockas, want us to believe Buhari is working and getting international recognitions.

So $3m just go... just like that. Then someone is telling g me to tell farmers to return the 60billion loan they granted them to provide food for the country. That person must be really sick upstairs

The origin of the NEWS is FACEBOOK.

We all know only Pigs would take this seriously.

Honestly ibos are the real problems of Nigeria.
How can they be spreading fake news about someone that achieved something a whole tribe(igbo)can never achieve

Buhari is a calamity

deomelllo:
FAKE NEWS.

Watch how my fellow accursed flatheaded Heeeebow jhewish blothers believe the lubbish flom facebook.

Sometimes, I desperately wish I was not born a Wawa jhew. My blothers embarrass me so much everyday.

Leopantro:
https://www.nairaland.com/4424064/king-center-didnt-give-buhari

Please give us a credible news outlet for these stories. Stop quiting facebook pages and using nairaland to back it up.

Its like using urine to wash feaces

Corrinthians:
Watch how my fellow accursed flatheaded Heeeebow jhewish blothers believe the lubbish flom facebook.

Sometimes, I desperately wish I was not born a Wawa jhew. My blothers embarrass me so much everyday.

You know everything about them is fraud from fake drugs to even fake akpu

Buhari and APC is a curse

So N1bn+ went down the drain because of an ordinary award??




E don really be for Nigeria

I can see the children of perdition gallivanting in support of the dullardino already.

Corrinthians:
The origin of the NEWS is FACEBOOK.

We all know only Pigs would take this seriously.

Why not try to check the official Twitter handle of The Kings Center.

lukecent:
Why not try to check the official Twitter handle of The Kings Center.

If you can not show me where they said he SPENT $3m for the award on their official twitter handle, then you are just like any other P.

The center said it is not from them, show me where they said he spent 3million. I am waiting, and please don't reply me with one long boring epistle.

Buhari is corrupt


It's a known fact

Let it be on record that in just 6 weeks the Failed Buhari Govt is given a whooping 20 million dollars to fraudster in the name of ransome and fake awards ..Letvit be known please .

Corrinthians:
Watch how my fellow accursed flatheaded Heeeebow jhewish blothers believe the lubbish flom facebook.

Sometimes, I desperately wish I was not born a Wawa jhew. My blothers embarrass me so much everyday.

How do you present Naomi Alfred Daniel, the wife of Martin Luther King's junior brother as the widow of Martin Luther King to present an award as the wife of Martin Luther, Corretta, who died years ago?