There was a mild drama at the venue of this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day held in Abuja earlier Friday as the white pigeons, released by President Muhammadu Buhari refused to fly.
The President, eager to make them fly, made multiple attempts to push the birds to the air but they refused to fly.
The President had opened the birdcage at the National Arcade, picked up one of the doves, and thrown it into the air but the bird landed atop the cage and refused to fly.
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Buhari, who was eager to let the white pigeons fly, opened the roof of the cage in a bid to send them all out but the birds remained adamant and decided to sit on top of the cage’s roof.
The President, who appeared tired of trying, soon left the birds and returned to his seat. Moments after the President had left, however, some of the birds flew.
View video below:
President Muhammadu Buhari releases the #ArmedForcesRemembranceDay pigeons. pic.twitter.com/1t0omo5JGy
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