Microsoft's Founder, Bill Gates, has cancelled his planned trip to Nigeria scheduled for March 27, in response to the controversial pardon granted to ex-convicts Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Shettima Bulama by President Goodluck Jonathan.
That trip, authoritative diplomatic sources said, has now been cancelled, two days after the U.S. government expressed disappointment with its Nigerian counterpart for pardoning convicted money launderers and warned it might cut aid meant for the country.
"I can confirm to you that Mr. Gates won't be coming as scheduled," sources reportedly claimed Monday morning.
Our sources said Mr. Gates has already instructed his staff to inform the Nigerian presidency, the secretariat of the Nigeria Governors' Forum and the Federal Ministry of Health that he was no longer coming.
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