A member of his entourage who spoke with The Nation said after exchanging pleasantries with the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Dalhatu Tafida, the president-elect politely told them that his visit was strictly private and he had made arrangement for all his needs while in the UK.
He thanked them for the warm reception and quickly hopped into a less flamboyant car he had arranged for and drove out of the airport.
“It appeared he was uncomfortable with the number of exotic cars in the convoy. Hard as the stunned diplomats present tried to convince him, he refused to bulge, insisting that since he did not inform the Commission of his visit because it was not an official trip, hence he was not entitled to such grandeur.”the source said
Humble presido
ReplyDeleteGood for him, and I wonder y he rejected it bcos it makes no difference thereof.
DeleteHmmmm...
DeleteI pray, and hope he meet d expectations of Nigerians bcos dis is d main reason he was voted into power to bring abt d needed changes.
DeleteI don't believe in all dis shit.
DeleteRidin on Royce does not make u a bad person or a thief.
Dis guy is over doin dis humility tin jare
This man has a hidden agenda. Aboki tell us your mission naa? Ka anyi mara how far.
Delete*Linda's best friend*
Humble president.
DeleteRubbish if you like enter hotel off AC.oloshi
DeleteMy respect for the General just doubled. Linda take note!
DeletePretentious nigga ,faking it but for how long ???
DeleteGo die abeg. Leave hm alone
DeleteGo die abeg. Leave him alone
DeleteKudos to Buhari
DeleteEric Udoh and Emmanuel Fan. If he had entered Rose Royce, u are thesame people that would have still criticised him that he is living a flamboyant life. Abeg free the man
Delete@Anon.6:52pm, "Rose Royce"? Ok bye.
Delete#TeamBlessed#
Neither here nor there ! Get your old as back home
DeleteHow does this save us from debt? Lindaobserve
ReplyDeleteU b big fool,na him owe d dept,idoit like u
DeleteZara buhari is that you under anony 12.38?
Delete@lwkmd, u re a garbage with empty brain and u re too smon to comment here, Linda need to stop your post on this blog.
DeleteHelp me ask her o. Kikikiki
DeleteLearn how to spell..... And there you are talking about someone with an empty brain, it's empty head you dumb fool!
DeleteHow ignorant can u possibly be? A lot of Nigerians don't really want this change. A man is trying to lead by example by not being wasteful or extravagant & see the rubbish that comes out ur mouth. He should be commended for the example he is setting, every little counts especially in the shambles our economy is currently in.
DeleteStupid question
DeleteEmpty brain. @lwkmd. Is he the one that caused the debt? Pls make intelligent comments not senseless comments. Ode!
DeleteThe rot in the economy isn't disturbing compared to comment like yours. The damage these PDP's politicians have done to the orientation of your likes are just unimaginable. A leader suppose to lead by example not just by talks but most importantly through his actions. This action alone will send a strong message to would-be ministers that you don't spend public funds on private visit. This is a good example that even goes beyond the instance I just gave.
DeleteTrue talk
DeleteNext time they should give him camel.
ReplyDeleteLolz
DeleteNa u fool pass,mumu!
DeleteChai.... Naija! Lol
DeleteVery funny. Lol
DeleteLwkmd
DeleteThat is the great one. The Man of the people Sai Buhari, I pray for u today that may God continue to strengthen Buhari, and Prof Yemi Osinbajo, may God give Buhari, and Prof Yemi Osinbajo, good health, wisdom and knowledge, spirit of understanding to lead Nigeria.
DeleteI think camel make sense
DeleteSee how gullible you're
DeleteAmen to your prayer
DeleteAmen to your prayers @irabo
DeleteGloria Idiot you are just a fool.....for insulting my president elect. @linda bike post my comment. Some fools need to be caution. Thanks. #soft#
DeleteThanks for your comment favour. I love your opinion.
DeleteThank you my brother irabo bobby. Na only your comment make sense here.
DeleteAmeen
DeleteNice one, he did well.
ReplyDeleteD guy dey fear for him life. Make una no go kpa am bfor May 29.
DeleteHmm..is he just trying to paint a good picture of himself or that's his true down-to-earth character?
ReplyDeleteHis media team are trying so hard to paint him good. Nice job.
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Stupid he has nothing to prove come may 29th he needs nothing
DeleteGMB rejected d offer cus he doesn't want Nigerians 2 know his reasons 4 d visit to UK cus if he been driven around wit d car, everybody will definitely know why he came 2 UK. He should be @ least transparent if he has no hidden agenda pls!
ReplyDeleteHealth problem I think.
DeleteHe came to check up to know if he is fit to stand during the swearing in.
DeleteSomeone is finally thinking.. good comment
DeleteDid you not see pictures of him meeting with the British prime minister? Get ur facts right before coming up with idiotic theories.
DeleteSm1 finally said smtn worth readin...riding in a big car doesn't mke u good or bad
DeleteWe should be ashamed of ourselves if we castigate his position. He said he isn't there on official visit neither did he inform them that he is coming to UK. And please what is the flamboyance about. Why does our High commission parade exotic cars like a Rolls. The PM of England uses a Jaguar while the royal family use Land Rover vehicles. We keep show how shallow we are. We waste money on maintaining exotic cars when the basic things are left begging. Buhari I hail thee you have no point to prove to this sycophantic horde. Just get to work and do the needful. Godspeed My President elect
DeleteWe should be ashamed of ourselves if we castigate his position. He said he isn't there on official visit neither did he inform them that he is coming to UK. And please what is the flamboyance about. Why does our High commission parade exotic cars like a Rolls. The PM of England uses a Jaguar while the royal family use Land Rover vehicles. We keep show how shallow we are. We waste money on maintaining exotic cars when the basic things are left begging. Buhari I hail thee you have no point to prove to this sycophantic horde. Just get to work and do the needful. Godspeed My President elect
DeleteThis man called Buhari exudes so many things among which humility is one of em.People may not like his person,his policies may not go down well with many Nigerians and certainly alotta ox will be gored .But in this man I see restoration.At the end of his 4yrs,Nigerians will say "He CME he saw and he graciously conquered".I'm positive bout that.
ReplyDeleteNice one!two thumbs up
DeleteBonita, yes oh u re right.
DeleteU made sense
DeleteNice one @bonita
DeleteU very right dear people r just too quick to judge others . Smh
DeleteTrue that!
DeleteWhy didn't u just spell the "ox" correctly? I'm sure u were trying to write "us". I'm guessing u are above 18...
DeleteIt should not be a "bomb laden" car. Smart man. Once a general, always a general.
ReplyDeleteJesus is Lord.
Thats simplicity!
ReplyDeleteUhmmm ... i hope Buhari is not considering trekking too
ReplyDeleteWhat a deceit. He does not want to be followed. He is on treatment.
ReplyDeleteHow is that ur headache ?? Youth of nowadays
DeleteI hope he comes for swearing in ceremony. Liar
DeleteHow's his comment Ur headache anonymous 12:51pm?
Delete~D great anonymous!
That's foolish. Buhari is becoming more foolish
ReplyDeleteYou are the one that is foolish for saying that........God punish you for insulting my president elect. Goat. #soft#
DeleteCalling your grandfather foolish because you never wish to be old it's very unfortunate. What does He need Royce welcome for is that the problem of Nigeria? Foolish bitch
DeleteU r d bigger fool here
DeleteYour father is a very foolish man.
DeleteBuhari, fire all of dem once you are sworn in
ReplyDeleteFinally the kind of president we deserve !!!!!!!! the type we need!! oh so that visit to the UK PM was private, no wonder the PM was casually dressed.
ReplyDeleteLol...Infact I don tire for Buhari's humility.
ReplyDeleteIt's good he started this way,he has a lot to deal with a Rolls royce is the least.
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
ReplyDelete.
Buhari is the man just forget..
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Abegeee, park 3 spaces jor. The pecks of his position jor. Let him enjoy it and stop this self righteousness
ReplyDeleteNo be only pecks. Na kiss. The word is "perks" please.
DeleteHehehehe "pecks"
DeleteSelf righteousness??? If you think this man sends anyone then u don't know him.
DeleteHe needs to bring this his humility act to Nigeria! Nigeria needs a humble, honest chief servant
ReplyDeleteI Love and believe in this man.....Linda u too
ReplyDeleteYou guys are fools o! This man is a president elect and went for his own private biz whether health or whatever he does not any flamboyant arrangements. He is humble and that humility brought him to where he is. Pls deal wit that * tongues out*
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! They are just so blinded by hate.
DeleteI love and believe in this man.,.., and Linda too
ReplyDeleteHaters go and die, he's not like you igbos (okonjo-iwela, oduah, madueke) who use our money to buy private jets and bullet prove cars
ReplyDeleteYour stupidity is transgenerational..what are you doing in an igbo lady's blog? If you hate them so much, drink poison and die!!!
DeleteFuck u damn u idiot I'm igbo full blooded one. I luv gmb till tmoro, I know u r yoruba bigot dirty pigs it's ur brother obj dat spoiled dis country ANUOFIA EWU GAMBIA
DeleteDavido's driver hiding under anonymous..
DeletePeople like you are the reasons why Nigeria fell in the first place. Tribalistic goat
DeleteWho is dis foolish Igbo hater nw...ANUMPAM Foolish fool dd anybdy say anytn abt his tribe here nw...
DeleteYoruba lousy fool. What have u gained by the silly comment? Mpama! Ike nama.
DeleteThis is not a matter of been tribalistic,let's face d reality for once pls,we d "IGBO'S" are d causes of d current state in which Nigeria is.May God forgive us all.
DeleteAkuko na egwu,y did he go there in d first place.
ReplyDeleteHmmn....I smell a rat....its possible he has something to hide....maybe he's there for a secret medical check up.....just saying
ReplyDeleteI smell your ignorance & stupidity! Get ur facts right before smelling rubbish. Smelos
DeleteSai buhari I love ur humility
ReplyDeletePress should free this man, he went for a private visit as he said. If you want to make it look like he is the president we need, then you would have as well told him to fly economy class instead of the first class. At least if he intends to save money, he should go all the way.
ReplyDeleteWe Nigerians are just incredible! We can never be satisfied. Why not ask him to swim there...
DeleteI hope this humility continues and last while he remains our president
ReplyDeleteEither for humility or for deceit, God knows his mind...
ReplyDeleteThe best man ever..... Respect to Buhari u guys will see action come maybe 29
ReplyDeleteBuhari will not last on that seat. Boko Haram
ReplyDeleteYou will die first. Bastard!
DeleteYou will surely die before him.
DeleteBuhari did the right thing by rejecting it because they might use it against him someday
ReplyDeletekudos
Deletehe did not inform the man dat brought d rolls royce dat he was coming to the uk, so y will he be prepared already with such a car for him, so he sense a plot to make him more sick and die in power
ReplyDeleteAnd he didn't reject all the private jet trips during his campaign.
ReplyDeleteI tire o! LMAO
DeleteWhy is this relevant information? Plenty of vips visiting London from Nigeria also do so without informing the Nigeria high commission!
ReplyDeleteHe will be foolish to have jumped into the ride. What is there are explosives in there? Besides....he is just the president elect. In fact, the ambassador to the UK should be probed! Was the expense on the luxury cars budgeted? Wasteful and Shameless GEJ folks!
ReplyDeletestage managed activities all the time
ReplyDeleteDid buhari go to London for medical treatment and don't want Nigerians to know?
ReplyDeleteHim rejecting the car is not because of the make but to avoid any last minute plan by the outgoing govt to stop him from taking over come 29th.
ReplyDeleteI believe we have not forgotten so soon, that Nebu's aids vowed that Buhari will not take over from them.
The man is only been careful and he will be doing more than this after may 29th bcos he will definitely step on so many toes.
Well that's good to know but how was your meeting ,sir, with David Cameron on insurgency in the NE Nigeria?. I am sure Mr Cameron just said to himself, good luck on that one and secretly in his mind said 'yea sure!!!'. LOL!. The British and their diplomacy. If you have not mixed up with them, you wouldn't understand.
ReplyDeleteU earned my support and loyalty Mr. President Elect. I adore you and believe in you. Please do not let me and millions of Nigerians home and abroad down. We have high hopes in you.
ReplyDeletekill corruption and give us light and millions of Nigerians will be better off than they are at the moment.
On our own side as responsible citizens, we shall show you all the support and encouragement you can ever need to succeed. But expect some significant level of criticisms. They are only to keep you always on focus.
Cheers Emeka Ihumezie from Owerri
I strongly believe he's the change our country needs
ReplyDeletePope Francis
ReplyDeleteBuhari smells danger within his cabinet
ReplyDeleteSai Baba!
ReplyDeleteFinally we have a president that have shame, you drive rolls Royce in london while 75 percent of your citizens live on less than 2 dollars everyday. You fly private jet and drive rolls Royce in london later you come and beg them to borrow you money or give you aid, yet you riding around in rolls Royce, we should be ashamed. Thank god finally we have a president that have shame
ReplyDeleteThis man go use people show off gan! Jail anybody!!!! lmaoo
ReplyDeleteNa so Yaradua take KAPUT we no know.
ReplyDeletedem no go talk true now.
My humble and smart General. Dumb Haters can die, I don't care, not my problems
ReplyDeleteHas APC accepted anything done by PDP? No. So rejecting this isn't out of place. So spare us of hollier than thou attitude, they replicate same on our soil here.
ReplyDeleteMy humble and smart General. Dumb Haters can die, I don't care, not my problems
ReplyDeleteGod bless nigeria.
ReplyDeleteI pray all this humility is for real, we Nigerians don't need any chameleon pls. Anyway keep being humble. We will know the truth soon. 1 love Nigeria
ReplyDeleteAnyway good but what I know he want 2 hospital 4 check up or so
ReplyDeleteThink we Nigerians are a confused lot. When government officials drive around in 20-car entourages we complain about the extravagance of it all. Now we have an elected official who just refused to, and lo and behold, we are out here flapping our gums about "fake humility". The ones that don't have the fake humility haven't done shit for us... So maybe (just maybe) we should stfu and give the one with "fake humility" some space to do his job.
ReplyDeleteBut he flew first class. There's nothing wrong in riding in a Rolls Royce. So it's not right to present that as a problem or sign of humility. A Rolls Royce is simply what it is, a car. Nothing more or less. Would I buy one with hard earned money when people are suffering all around is the moral question in a social context. I personally would choose not too, Amy other least expensive car would do for me. The embassy did not ask him to buy the car they offered it to his service and since he has made private arrangements that's fair enough. I have observed diplomatic missions in Nigeria use choice cars, German consulate uses the Mercedes Benz G-Wagon and British Consulate uses the Range Rover. These are patriotic inclinations. Unfortunately, Nigeria manufactures no car and the embassy in the Uk has chosen to adopt the car model made by their host country. That in my opinion is fair as such vehicles would be put up for presidential use when the president goes visiting. The question that a cheaper car could be bought remains but then again i assume they had a budget and worked within it. Diplomatic missions are not affected by such a spend like salaries etc? Then it's fine.
ReplyDeleteBut you showed him rolling in a convoy of expensive cars before, Linda. Why can't he accept the same VIP treatment in the UK?
ReplyDeleteyou are all right, but God knows best.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, do u expect him not to go for checkup at his age? Leave the man. The Lord had the heart of buhari and he will fulfil destiny in Jesus name.
ReplyDeleteWe hope this will last........... #fingers crossed
ReplyDeleteWow,I can't wait for him to be sworn in.i like him already
ReplyDeleteI don't expect Buhari to perform miracles within 4yrs but his impact will go a long way
ReplyDeleteIf you've ever had any personal interaction with the man or anyone that knows him personally, this wouldn't shock you at all. He's extremely principled and way too simple a man. It's really funny how some people here are chalking this up to some kind of stunt... for shame
ReplyDeleteMy humble president. Change is here indeed. Unfortunately, you can never please Nigerians no matter what you do. If he had ridden the Rolls Royce, the same people criticising him here for rejecting it would have turned round to say: "see the man they say is humble, why is he riding in a Rolls?"
ReplyDeleteIs our president and the only thing we can do if we want a better Nigeria is to pray for him.no one holy pass.if u condem him do u knw how d nxt 1 ll like? His tenure shd favour us all.
ReplyDeleteMORE LIKE IT.....NOT EVERYBODY IS SELFISH MINDED
ReplyDeleteJust watchnnn
ReplyDeleteLol @ pope Francis. No be small pope Francis. A Fulani man for that...Aiit,lets wait and see! Kai how I hate pretence!!!
ReplyDeleteKeep fooling your self, why did you not reject the private jet you used for Adams Oshos wedding???? If you like go London go form, white man no get your time...lmao!!
ReplyDeleteGMB - sure, that's the man I voted for and that's the man that will save Nigeria. All corrupt people will soon retire, including the old man Tafida who will continue to be on the wrong side of history
ReplyDeleteNigeria is not safe-able and the people on this blog who attack a man trying to lead by good example is proof. Nigerians love corrupt leaders.
ReplyDeleteHaters listen and listen good. Whether u like it or not, Buhari is your president and there is nothing you can do about it. He is like a cat with 9 life. The more you try to say things to bring him down, the more God lifts him up. So try harder
ReplyDeleteBless u
Deletethey should have given him cattle cos he prefers it to rolls royce lol!
ReplyDeletePretender does the worst things... #GMB & his hidden agenda... one day e go cast, linda go still blog am for others to copy & paste.
ReplyDeleteThe implications of accepting to use the Rolls Royce are 1. It will make his personal private visit an official one and 2. It will make dalhatu tafida part of his visit to UK and of course that will expose the intelligence inherent in the visit. The fish will always get hooked anytime he goes for the bait.
ReplyDeleteI think people need to take some minutes to think this through. GMB did not say he rejected the ride because the car is a luxurious one, he made it clear he was there on private grounds and therefore made his own personal arrangements. Logically that means he would still reject the offer even if the car had been an ordinary Toyota Carina of those days. I'm here wondering why people are making so much fuss about the issue because of the "rolls royce" in question.
ReplyDeleteJust making a big deal out of nothing,thats what happens when you are soo used to things being done the wrong way, the right way now becomes wrong/weird/funny/crazy.
ReplyDeleteHe is in London in private capacity, shikena, these are the little little signs that the headship much show that will definitely have a psychological trickle down effect on ALL goverment officials and Nigerians in general,change has come it cant be business as usual .
When a leader leads the follower will do accordingly. if we've had a leader like dis from time. we will be somewhere by now. we dont need jokers who play religionethnicsentiment
ReplyDeleteNigeria is in shamble our president elect is in uk rejecting Rolls RSC wat a COUNTRY re we living in
ReplyDeleteI think Nigerians need to start seeing a trend here already. This man exudes true wealth that can never be gained through a bank account. It is the wealth of mind , not all these flamboyant bogus show offs who stole money to get there.... I dare say , i have been around a lot of wealth in my life and the truly super rich never have to show it, it just shows .... what difference is a man in a rolls royce and a man in a beetle? It is in wealth of thought, cos the only true thing is ... We gonna die someday! *RealityCheck *Snapbak2reality
ReplyDeleteThose saying Buhari is pretending are those that are use to bad ways of life. The fact that you're a pretender doesnt mean that everybody is like you. You are just trying to find faults in the man by all means just because PDP lost. Deal with it and get over the shock of losing
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