A mild drama played out at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on
Thursday when a woman “breached protocol” to beg President Muhammadu
Buhari for an audience over the ongoing killings in parts of the
country.
Buhari had earlier met with members of the Christian Association of
Nigeria from 19 northern states and Abuja inside the Council Chambers.
As customary, the President later posed for a group photograph with
his guests at a raised platform at the forecourt of the Presidential
Villa.
Immediately the photo session was over, however, the group’s women
leader, Mrs. Leah Solomon, took everybody, including the President and
his security details unawares, when she knelt before Buhari.
With tears in her eyes and hands raised up to express her
helplessness, Solomon begged Buhari to grant audience to Christian women
from the North who had been affected by the ongoing killings.
Buhari with CAN leaders
Specifically, she decried the killings of women and children in the affected areas.
Solomon’s action paid off as the President immediately directed
State House Chief of Protocol to liaise with her and arrange the
meeting.
She later told State House correspondents that she was in pain seeing innocent people being killed in parts of the country.
She said, “I was in deep pains when I see the killings of the innocent ones and also the mothers.
“I was in pains and I was asking if His Excellency will grant
us an audience as Christian women in the northern states so that we can
come and cry and pray also that the innocent children will be able live
in the nation as the next generation.”
Posted by Samuel on Fri 06th Jul, 2018 -tori.ng
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woman has stirred quite a scene after she went on her knees, crying and
begging for a private audience with President Buhari in Aso Rock.
The woman begged for audience wth Buhari
A mild drama played out at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on
Thursday when a woman “breached protocol” to beg President Muhammadu
Buhari for an audience over the ongoing killings in parts of the
country.
Buhari had earlier met with members of the Christian Association of
Nigeria from 19 northern states and Abuja inside the Council Chambers.
As customary, the President later posed for a group photograph with
his guests at a raised platform at the forecourt of the Presidential
Villa.
Immediately the photo session was over, however, the group’s women
leader, Mrs. Leah Solomon, took everybody, including the President and
his security details unawares, when she knelt before Buhari.
With tears in her eyes and hands raised up to express her
helplessness, Solomon begged Buhari to grant audience to Christian women
from the North who had been affected by the ongoing killings.
Buhari with CAN leaders
Specifically, she decried the killings of women and children in the affected areas.
Solomon’s action paid off as the President immediately directed
State House Chief of Protocol to liaise with her and arrange the
meeting.
She later told State House correspondents that she was in pain seeing innocent people being killed in parts of the country.
She said, “I was in deep pains when I see the killings of the innocent ones and also the mothers.
“I was in pains and I was asking if His Excellency will grant
us an audience as Christian women in the northern states so that we can
come and cry and pray also that the innocent children will be able live
in the nation as the next generation.”