{"id":414244,"date":"2018-03-29T11:08:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T11:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=414244"},"modified":"2018-03-29T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T11:08:34","slug":"martin-luther-king-centre-distances-self-leadership-award-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=414244","title":{"rendered":"Martin-Luther King Centre distances self from \u2018leadership award\u2019 to Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Martin Luther King, Jr Centre has distanced itself from a leadership and anti-corruption award given to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n

President Buhari recently received an award of leadership and anti-corruption from a group said to be associated with Martin Luther King.<\/p>\n

The award was said to be part of the King\u2019s family activities marking the Black History Month.<\/p>\n

State House officials, including Bashir Ahmed, a media aide to the president, touted the award as given by the late civil rights activist\u2019s nephew.<\/p>\n

The nephew, identified as Isaac Newton-Farris also reportedly urged Nigerians to allow Mr Buhari continue as Nigerian president because of his tremendous achievement.<\/p>\n

But following a deluge of requests from Nigerians on Wednesday, the King Centre, distanced itself from the award.<\/p>\n

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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<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: Premium\u00a0Times<\/p>\n

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