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APC FRAUD: How Buhari Paid $3m For Fake Martin Luther King Award


In what many Nigerians have criticized as an undeserving First Black History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership award conferred on Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari by Martin Luther King Jr’s family, the award was handsomely paid for.
According to our presidency source, the award was facilitated by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to the president on Foreign Relations & Diaspora through a Ghanaian self-acclaimed foreign diplomat, Erieka Bennett.
A quick fact-check on Erieka Bennett revealed that she runs a Non Governmental Organization called, Diaspora African Forum based in Accra, Ghana.
Erieka Bennett calls herself ‘Ambassador At Large’ as she uses her influence to facilitate foreign awards for unsuspecting African leaders.
Erieka Bennett was a former aide to Ghanaian president, John Mahama.
LeadersNG investigations revealed that Dr. Erieka Bennett was contracted by Abike Dabiri-Erewa to help use her NGO to bring Martin Luther King jr’s family to Nigeria to give President Muhammadu Buhari award.
Dr. Erieka Bennett, LeadersNG learned, contacted someone in King’s family, a distant relative of Martin Luther King called Dr. Naomi Barbara after King Center declined earlier request by Bennett to influence an award for a certain African leader.
The award which was paid for by the Nigerian government as part of the ongoing PR stunt to launder president Buhari’s image was not on official portals that was opened strictly to promote the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther king’s assassination.
The Presidency source said, Buhari only got to know about the award on the day of confirnment as he had no pre-knowledge of what Dabiri-Erewa was up to.
However, LeadersNG further learned that $3m was paid for the fake Martin Luther King Jr’s award that was conferred on Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari.
You would recall that a pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians had earlier condemned the award given to president Muhammadu Buhari.
The group in its statement berated the King’s family for awarding Nigerian president a leadership award as it negates the ideals and principles of what America’s foremost civil rights activist stood and died for.
The $3m according to our source, was provided by APC Board of Trustees member, Alhaji Nasir Dano.
The King Centre had through their official Twitter account denied awarding President Muhammadu Buhari.
The centre says “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.”

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