Imo Visit: Buhari didn’t say, he is unhappy with Uzodimma __ Presidency

By Ridwan AREMU

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment in Owerri, Imo State, last Thursday, does not mean he is unhappy with Governor Hope Uzodimma.

Buhari, who paid a working visit to Imo State last Thursday, had been quoted to have while addressing Uzodimma said he would “be careful with your future invitations”.

The comment is now trending as meaning the president is not happy with the governor.

In a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the presidency said: “We have observed that President Buhari’s concluding remarks at the meeting with Southeast leaders during his one day visit to Imo State is being deliberately contorted and twisted out of context.

“The purveyors of disinformation want Nigerians to believe that the President bluntly told Governor Uzodinma, ‘I’ll be careful with your future invitations’.

“They have adduced different meanings to the phrase, contrary to the context wherein the President spoke during his successful dialogue with leaders of thought from Igbo land.