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  • Fraudulent Martin Luther King’s award : Concerned Nigerians group calls for Abike Dabiri’s sack

    Following the unraveling of Martin Luther King Jr’s leadership award, for inappropriate behavior and incompetence exposing the scam called Martin Luther King Jr’s leadership award A pro-democracy group in Nigeria, Concerned Nigerians, on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
    The statement reads, “Our attention has just been drawn to a statement made by the Senior Special Assistant to the president on Foreign Relations and Diaspora Affairs, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
    “Mrs Abike Dabiri during a live radio program on Ray Power FM, referred to our convener, Deji Adeyanju as an ‘Idiot’ for exposing the scam called Martin Luther King Jr’s leadership award conferred on president Muhammadu Buhari.
    “An unrefined Statement like this is unbefitting of the Office Abike Dabiri occupies.
    “We find it amusing that instead of clarifying to Nigerians on the sham award, the senior special assistant to the President in her usual condescending way of responding to issues of national importance resorted to insults and petty name calling.
    “Abike Dabiri refused to apologize to our convener, Deji Adeyanju when the anchor of the program, Political Platform Amaechi Anakwe asked her to retract her statement that it is unprofessional and not a broadcast language.
    “It is baffling that Abike Dabiri-Erewa with her wealth of experience as a broadcast journalist, would on a live radio program be so boorish and uncouth.
    “You would recall that our organization concerned Nigerians had issued a statement condemning foremost American Civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr’s family and center for conferring on President Buhari, a leadership award as this is was a sharp contrast to what the late civil rights activist lived, stood and died for.
    “We also call on the president to investigate Abike Dabiri over alleged media reports that $3m was purportedly paid for the Fake MLK award conferred on the president.
    “We wish to further point out the incompetence Abike Dabiri and her team for not being able to verify the authenticity of the award thereby embarrassing the country and our president before the international community.
    “After several calls and text messages to Martin Luther King’s Centre on the veracity of the purported award conferred on the president, the Centre replied through their official verified twitter handle by saying; “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”
    If the senior special assistant has any iota of shame left in her, she should immediately tender an unreserved apology to our convener for belittling her office by using a foul language on a citizen whose only crime is to ask for accountability and transparency from the government.
    Moreover, we are calling on the president, Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack Abike Dabiri-Erewa for inappropriate behavior and incompetence.

  • Killings of Nigerians in South Africa is worrying – Dabiri-Erewa

    The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Abike Dabiri-Erewa has expressed her displeasure over the incessant extra judicial killings of Nigerians living in South Africa.

    In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Abdurrahman Balogun, the Presidential aide said ” this is one death, too many”

    She said in spite of all diplomatic talks between Nigeria and South Africa to put an early warning signal in place,” it doesn’t seem to be working”.

    The Nigeria Union in South Africa has confirmed the killing of another member, Kingsley Ikeri, at Vryheid town in Kwazulu Natal Province of South Africa on August 30.

    Ikeri, 27, was a businessman and native of Mbaitolu in Imo State and the second Imo indigene to be so killed in the last two weeks.

    Dabiri-Erewa described the latest extra judicial killing of another Nigerian in South Africa as “worrying and condemnable”.

    She said that the latest gruesome killing of Ikeri by the Police in South Africa is “unacceptable to the people and government of Nigeria”.

    While reiterating President Muhammadu Buhari’s calls to Nigerians to avoid crimes like drug peddling which attracts stiff penalties, sometimes death, she noted that the latest killing has increased the number of Nigerians killed in South Africa through extrajudicial means in the last one year.

    “The barbaric behaviour of the perpetrators is not only unacceptable but also calls for urgent attention by diplomatic authorities in Nigeria and South Africa”, she said.

    Dabiri-Erewa urged the South African government to ensure that justice prevails by carrying out investigation and bring the culprit to book.

    She reiterated her calls to Nigerians living abroad to always respect the laws of their host countries and be good ambassadors of Nigeria.

    “My heart goes out to the families of the deceased and I pray God to grant the departed soul eternal rest”, the SSA stated.

    Bartholomew Eziagulu, Chairman of the Nigerian Union in the province, disclosed that Mr. Ikeri was allegedly tortured to death by the police.

    He said the union’s investigations revealed that the police arrested the deceased and a friend on suspicion that they were carrying hard drugs.

    “While interrogating him, the police used plastic to cover his face to extort information from him.

    “In the process, they suffocated the deceased. When the police took him to the hospital, he was confirmed dead,” he said.

    The Secretary General of the union, Adetola Olubajo, noted that the national secretariat had been informed about the death of the Nigerian.

    He said the body had informed the appropriate Nigerian authorities and the police in South Africa.

    A report has it that a senior Diplomat from the Nigerian Consulate in Johannesburg had visited Vryheid on a fact-finding mission.

    In February Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa met with the South Africa High Commissioner, Mr. Lulu Louis Mnguni in Abuja, where he said a total of 116 Nigerians have been killed in South Africa through extrajudicial means in the last two years.
    Seven out of 10 of the killings were carried out by the South African Police.

  • Photos: Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s daughter, Abike Dabiri’s son set to wed

    Photos: Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s daughter, Abike Dabiri’s son set to wed

    Oladipo Dabiri, son of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri Erewa and Ayomide Amosun, the daughter of Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun are set to wed.

    The bride-to-be was called to the Nigerian Bar in December 2015 while Dipo graduated from the University of Bristol and relocated to Nigeria recently.

    See photos here…