MARTIN LUTHER KING'S FAMILY DISAPPOINTED BY NIGERIANS.

A family member of Martin Luther King, Isaac has cleared the air on controversies surrounding the award given to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Naomi Barbara King (R), a matriarch of the King family presenting a ‘commemorative plaque’ to president Buhari.

Speaking to TVC, Isaac Luther King said his family’s visit to Nigeria was humanitarian refuting reports that they were paid to embark on the move.

He expressed disappointment in Nigerians for the criticisms trailing his family’s visit to Buhari.

According to him, he came to establish a bond with Nigeria based on his family’s love for the country.

He told the TV station,
“I am the nephew of Martin Luther King Jnr, I served for a period of five years as president of King’s centre. You cannot buy me or anyone else in my family

“So the fake news, slander on my good character is a lie.

“Anything that I have done or said about your president came from my heart or brain not based on any compensation, money or in exchange for anything.

“We don’t deal like that, we don’t do things based on money, we do based on principles.

“None of three branches of Martin Luther Kings family are bribe-able or buy-able.

“We don’t do things for money, I’m insulted, anyone in Nigeria should be ashamed for slandering our good name.

“We came here to honour your country, your people and to establish a new bond between Americans and Africans.”

Isaac Luther King.

A civil society group, Concerned Nigerians, criticised the decision of the family of the late American civil rights activist, Mr. Martin Luther King Jr., to confer President Muhammadu Buhari with the Black History Award for Exceptional Leadership in Africa.

The group made its position known in a statement signed by Mr. Theophilus Abu Agada, its National Publicity Secretary.
"We condemn in its entirety this prestigious award that was conferred on the President. He doesn’t deserve the award and as such, we are calling on the family of Marthin Luther King Jr not to compromise the legacy of Rev. Luther by giving award to people that are undeserving,"
said Concerned Nigerians.

According to the group, the late Mr. King Jr. was America’s foremost civil rights activist, who stood and died for justice, leading a non-violent revolution against racial inequality. It argued that the performance of President Buhari in office is the antithesis of what Mr. King Jr. fought and died for.
"Marthin Luther King Jr. fought for freedom, but today, under President Muhammadu Buhari, the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife have been illegally detained for over 800 days against a valid court order that says they should be released unconditionally.

"Many today in Nigeria are in political servitude because they do not belong to President Buhari’s political party,"
said Concerned Nigerians.

It also noted that President BuhariMarthin Luther King Jr had a dream is a despotic, tribalistic and nepotistic leader, who is against making Nigetian equal opportunity society.
"The President sees people from other region and ethnic nationalities as lesser beings that must not be given an opportunity to serve in some sensitive positions of government.

"He categorized citizens from Southern Nigeria as 5% people that must not enjoy what people from his 97% region who overwhelmingly voted for him should enjoy.

"The Christian minority in the North has suffered so many losses, with the President abetting and pampering the perpetrators of the genocide that is ongoing in the North-Central region and Southern part of Kaduna State,"
said the group.

The Presidency had earlier confirmed that Buhari received a ‘commemorative plaque’ not an award as reported in the media.

The Nigerian presidency has been forced to clear the air over the uproar that the award given to President Muhammadu Buhari by the family of Martin Luther King, late American human rights activist, has generated. It says that the award is a commemorative plaque. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, said the award was not given on behalf of The King Center.

Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visiblespokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1968. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs and inspired by the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi.

On Tuesday, pictures of the president being presented the award surfaced on social media. The award was given to him by Naomi Barbara King, a matriarch of the King family. But commenting on the pictures, Nigerians claimed that the president was scammed into receiving a fake award. The King Center further fuelled the speculations by denying any involvement in the award given to Buhari.

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