President Muhammadu Buhari returned home in Abuja today, expectedly to a red carpet reception by some aides, ministers and governors.
President Buhari accompanied by the NSA Major General Babagana Monguno walks through the guard of honour formed by the ‘presidential bagpipers’
But there was more: a guard of honour that one usually sees welcoming visiting leaders or on ceremonial occasions such as Independence Day. President Buhari reviewed the guard.
Then surprise of all surprises: dozens of bagpipers,men and women, dressed remarkably like Scots. The difference was that they wore plaid shorts, not skirts and they were black faces, not whites.
The Buhari bagpipers were wearing berets and boots, suggesting they were from a command in the military or police. Their apparels were unmistakenly Scot.
They must be an innovation in presidential reception, in cash strapped Nigeria. But an innovation clearly insensitive to the financial state of the nation.
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Who are these people and where do they come from? What's is wrong with us (Nigerians). British PM visits us here in Manchester without the road shutting down. Flamboyant welcoming of buhari at a time like this is worrying. What a shame.
Rather than Scottish regalia and bagpipes, why not a special squadron in traditional African garbs? Besides, a red carpet is not something you fete yourself. It's something others ie a sister nation respects you with!
Abi oh! squadrons in Either Yoruba's Abeti Aja cap with danshiki and kembe or Hausa's Babanriga with turban or rather Igbo's native attire? Pls are we in Scotland?