Presidency denies marabouts claim for delayed move to Aso Villa.

 Presidency denies marabouts claim for delayed move to Aso Villa
                     11th June 2015 Article




The Presidency yes­terday said there is no truth in the rumours being circulated that President Muham­madu Buhari refused to move into the Presidential Villa because of purport­ed advice from Senegalese spiritualists.

A statement issued by the Senior Special As­sistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, de­scribed the report as ba­loney.

The Presidency ex­pressed 'utter embarrass­ment at such suggestion', saying that President Bu­hari is a practicing Mus­lim who believes his fate belongs to God.

According to the state­ment, no true believer combines faith in God and reliance on the power of ordinary mortals, who can neither protect them­selves, nor protect others from the hand of fate.

Shehu said the so-called 'spiritual cleansing of the Aso Rock Villa by Sen­egalese marabouts before President Buhari moves into the Villa' was the fig­ment of the imagination of rumour mongers.

The statement said it was ridiculous to attri­bute Buhari's delay in moving into the Villa to any advice from fictitious marabouts.

According to him, ongo­ing renovation works was largely responsible for the delay in the President's movement into the Presi­dential Villa.