Hajia Aishat, wife of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Pesidential Candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), has denied allegations that her husband is in the United Kingdom for a medical treatment.

“He’s just come here to rest. He’s just here to have a rest, at least a few days rest before he goes back to business,” Hajia Obasanjo said during an event on Saturday night in UK.


There was widespread controversy at the weekend that the UK trip of Buhari was on health grounds although his campaign organization said it was for political business.

According to Daily Times, Buhari’s wife debunked rumours that Buhari is gravely sick and undergoing medical treatment in London. Mrs Buhari allayed the fears of Nigerians and APC supporters after emerging from a two-hour interactive drinks reception she and the wife of her husband’s running-mate, Mrs Osinbajo, held for Nigerians in the diaspora on Saturday night at the Westminster Plaza Hotel, in Waterloo.

“He’s home, well and sound,” Hajia Buhari said, as she fielded media questions after emerging from the oversubscribed interactive session. When asked if her husband was in hospital, she smiled warmly and turning to the reporter, said, “I’m hearing it for the first time.” Gen. Buhari, meanwhile, was said to have attended Friday prayers at a Mosque near Baker Street.

“He attended prayers on Friday, he was seen around the mosque near Baker street,” the source revealed, before Hajia Buhari’s disclosure . When pressed further on if her husband was in London for a medical check-up, Hajia Buhari smiled and said: “No, he’s just come here to rest. He’s just here to have a rest. At least a few days rest before he goes back to business.”

The health of 72-year-old Gen. Buhari has been an issue in the country’s presidential campaign, with a group expressing fears that he may be unable to perform optimally if he emerges president. Buhari has, however, consistently pooh-poohed the claim that he is physically unfit.

A photograph of Buhari, said to have been taken with former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, as well as Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and Senator Bukola Saraki, purportedly to confirm the claim that he was in the UK for political business, stirred further controversy.

While the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, argued that the photograph was a photoshop trick, others doubted its authenticity on the ground that Amosun was on a campaign train in Sagamu, Ogun State, on the day he was said to have taken the picture with the team. Blair was also said to have been somewhere else in Europe, not the UK, that day.

However, Fayose insisted at the weekend that information about the APC presidential candidate is being hidden from Nigerians. The Ekiti Governor specifically challenged Buhari to swear by the Holy Quran that he (Buhari) did not visit a UK hospital on arrival in London last week.

Buhari is however expected to deliver a speech at the Chatham House on Thursday this week. “He’s speaking at Chatham House on Thursday, they will soon put it up on their website,” a member of the UK chapter of the APC disclosed during Saturday’s event.

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Resting and preparing ground for post swearing in assignment.


May Allah bless the people's General.


Nigeria sai Buhari

OMG! what is even wrong with this APC people? we are talking about politics and campaings here in nigeria, and Buhari is busy visiting UK, searching for one opportunity or the other to speak at chanttam house! and regetebly, mayopic
Fans(APC) are cheering him!

my queston is;
1. how does that affect rural voters in nigeria, who dosnt even have tv?

2. what singnificant impact does it have in electioneering in nigeria, since UK residents wll not be voting? indid, this is really a misplaced piority.

this was exactly what happend in Ekiti election between Fayemi and Fayose, while Fayose was busy politiking, Fayemi was busy politwitting!

Resting already with just a couple months work how will he last 4 yeas?

Now its Resting??.... I am for GEJ but I will never wish any person to "Rest In peace"... Wish you recovery but you wont win the election and no body will die because of you

IfGMB will be speaking at Chattan house, what topic is he going to speak on?

APC like telling children lies.

We already know that Gen. Buhari's name is not listed among the speakers at Chattam house on Thursday. So why do they take us all as kids. Btw, the man refused to have a presidential debate in Nigeria and is now dreaming of a talk at Chattam House in the UK. Of what use is that to his presidential ambition in Nigeria? If anybody chooses to be deceived he is free to beleive that.

dtruth3:
OMG! what is even wrong with this APC people? we are talking about politics and campaings here in nigeria, and Buhari is busy visiting UK, searching for one opportunity or the other to speak at chanttam house! and regetebly, mayopic
Fans(APC) are cheering him!

my queston is;
1. how does that affect rural voters in nigeria, who dosnt even have tv?

2. what singnificant impact does it have in electioneering in nigeria, since UK residents wll not be voting? indid, this is really a misplaced piority.

this was exactly what happend in Ekiti election between Fayemi and Fayose, while Fayose was busy politiking, Fayemi was busy politwitting!

Did you read when she said he went there to rest? People like Buhari however can't visit anywhere without engaging in some sort of activity