2019: ADC makes revelations on why Theresa May, others visited Nigeria

The Organizing Secretary and Director of Contact and Mobilization,
African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Edo State, Matthew Edaghese has
revealed the actual reasons British Prime Minister, Theresa May and
other World leaders are visiting the country.

The Edaghese said President Muhammadu Buhari should not take the visit
of the world leaders as an endorsement of his performance and a
guarantee of winning the 2019 presidential election.

"We cannot, in the midst of all those negative verdicts against Buhari
by international bodies, be laying claim to him being popular," he
told reporters in Benin.

"Their visits should be seen as a visit to the Nigerian people and the
nation and not to Buhari because the world economic order is the
motivating factor.

"The British are working towards their Brexit, they need market for
their goods. Should they exit the EU, with America indulging in trade
war with China and other world powers, they are renegotiating their
trade agreement.

"So, coming to Nigeria to shop for economic opportunity should not be
mistaken for Buhari being popular in the international community; that
is far from it.

"Their opinion on Buhari is not hidden. Theresa May, one of the major
international visitors who came to Nigeria, said the country has
become poorer under Buhari's leadership.

"She lamented the high level of poverty among Nigerians. She pointed
out that as many as 90 million Nigerians are living below poverty
level. That could not have passed for an endorsement. That was an
outright condemnation of a very appalling situation that Buhari has
bestowed upon us through a leadership that is obviously lacking in
direction."