The Martin Luther King Centre has denied giving President Muhammadu Buhari a leadership and anti-corruption award as was insinuated by the Presidency yesterday.
President Buhari had received an award from a group puporting an association with Martin Luther King.
The award was said to be part of the King’s family activities marking the Black History Month.
However, after a lot of requests, emanating from the controversy the award generated in Nigeria, the late Civil Right activist’s centre denounced the award on its official Twitter account, @TheKingCenter.
Find the tweet below;
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
— The King Center (@TheKingCenter) March 28, 2018