SAN FRANCISCO, June 02, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has again cancelled his scheduled trip to Dakar, Senegal for the 49th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), adding to a string of abruptly scrapped travels by the Presidency in the last two weeks, THEWILL can authoritatively report.

As exclusively reported by THEWILL late Wednesday night, the President had abruptly cancelled his widely publicized Thursday trip to Ogoni, Rivers State to launch the cleaning up of years of oil spills that have devastated the Niger Delta community. Before then, the President had also abruptly cancelled trips to Lagos state, citing scheduling difficulties.

Trusted Presidency sources with knowledge of the latest cancellation told THEWILL on Thursday that the President may have directed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to represent him at the one-day summit slated for Friday, June 3. The Vice President, who represented the President at his no-shows in Lagos and Ogoni, is expected to depart for Dakar this night or first thing Friday morning, according to our checks if he asked to go.

Our multiple sources said the President shelved the Dakar trip so as not to buy into the narrative that he only prefers to do trips to international destinations after shunning Lagos and Rivers States.

“The President cares about Nigerians and their feelings… He is a very sensitive leader. Because he didn’t make the Lagos and Rivers trips he is also shelving the Senegal trip so that he doesn’t seem insensitive to the issues plaguing the nation,” one of our sources said.

Calls and text messages to spokesmen of the President and Vice President, Garba Shehu and Olaolu Akande, respectively to get an official position were not acknowledged as at the time we published this report.

GudluckIBB:
Hope Baba is well Sha.
God pls heal Buhari, protect from any arrows of sickess thrown by ipod and scavengers and Bh and yam eaters who are already afraid of Baba's probe.

Amen!

nanauju:
Ehya. Bubu is sick. When he was flying upandan he didn't remember to rest o.

nnachukz:
Now that he has landed from his almost permanent abode on air, the heat is now getting to him real hard.

olafum1:
The man should just cancel himself

mashin:
who doesn't fall sick on earth, is it only Buhari that sicks, why are most Nigerians having childish brain even in maturity, i find most of these childish brain on nairaland. Don't we have intelligent people on this site again, most comments i see here are the comments we use to jist with in when i was in JSS3 about 25 years back.

lmm4real:


for ur small mind u done comment abi

GudluckIBB:
Hope Baba is well Sha.
God pls heal Buhari, protect from any arrows of sickess thrown by ipod and scavengers and Bh and yam eaters who are already afraid of Baba's probe.

Amen!