The scheduled visit of the His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari looks like what will never happen as no new date has been fixed after it appeared that he is still at Saudi Arabia.
Following the development, Imo State Government has issued out a press release, apologizing to Imolites for the inconveniences caused.
The failed visit of the president is not the first one and with the struggles of Gov. Okorocha and the All Progressives Congress APC National leadership, many believe that the President will not be visiting Imo State at all, even when the Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has just left the state few days ago.
See full press release below.
HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S SCHEDULED VISIT TO IMO STATE TODAY BEING TUESDAY MAY21, 2019.
We humbly wish to inform the general public and lmo people in particular that His Excellency, the president and Commander -in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, has not returned from Saudi Arabia where he is at the moment with other Muslims from all parts of the world on pilgrimage.
Against the backdrop of this development, the scheduled visit of the president to lmo state for the commissioning of some key projects of Governor Rochas Okorocha on Tuesday May 21,2019 (today) has been postponed.
A new date for the visit will also be made public in due course, once the president comes back from Saudi Arabia.
We ask for understanding and also regret the inconvenience this development might have thrown up.
The Governor and the good people of lmo state heartily wish Mr President a hitch-free trip back to Nigeria.
Sam Onwuemeodo
Chief press secretary to the Governor
