According to reports, prominent Nigerian northern leaders who have hitherto, declared their support for General Muhammadu Buhari, have been reconsidering their stance. Rumours have been going round that Buhari might be suffering a serious health issues.

It was reported by many news channels that General Buhari collapsed during a presidential campaign rally in Calabar, Cross River State, a situation that was swiftly denied by the All Progressives Congress (APC) party.

That did not stop the top hierarchy of the Northern from convening series of meetings, to review the situation. Sunday Tribune reveals that the northern leaders seriously do not a repeat of what happened with President Jonathan and his former boss, the late Musa Yar'Adua. People got wind of Yar'Adua's illness during the campaign, but still went ahead with the elections, which he won, only to die in office.

A source reveals, “The North is beginning to rethink the promised support for Buhari in view of reports that he is suffering from a certain ailment which is believed to be wearing him down. There are also reports that the elders are pushing to cut a deal with Jonathan to complete his tenure in 2019 but extract a promise that power would be returned to the North via a younger and energetic Northerner.”

Again, the APC have come out to defend their flagbearer. An APC spokesman for the South-East, Comrade Osita Okechukwu, dismissed the notion that General Buhari is ill. His words, “They are only trying to dig up what is non-existent; no record of their claim. The General has his doctor and anyone can contact him, rather than speculate.”

A Northern politician said at the weekend that the North was still suffering from the effect of Alhaji Yar’Adua’s death in office, adding that it would be unfair to the North to risk the situation once again.

A northern source reveals, “There were reports that Yar’Adua was ill before he was picked by former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket. We saw the crisis coming but we believed that only God determines how long a human being will live. It would be bad for the North to have power return to the South-West barely ten years after Obasanjo spent eight unbroken years in Aso Rock.”

He believed that cutting a deal for 2019 is the best for the North, as they would have enough time to pick a strong candidate.

“If anything happens to Buhari, power will return to the South-West less than a decade after President Obasanjo left Aso Rock. The prospects are grim, both for the North and even the South-East that is queuing for their own turn,” another Northern leader at the weekend.

It was reported that it was one of this issues discussed when President Goodluck Jonathan paid a visit to the Hilltop home of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida. Reports say the details of Buhari’s health might have prompted the former military president to announce his support for president Jonathan.

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