President Muhammadu has been asked by some eminent Nigerians to heed the advice of his personal physicians by taking medical leave to take care of his health. This follows speculations that the president is seriously ill which is why he has been absent at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting and other state functions. The advice was contained in a statement titled, “President Buhari Should Take Medical Leave Immediately” and jointly issued on Monday, May 1, The Nation reports.
Those who signed the statement were lawyer and activists, Femi Falana (SAN); Senior Fellow Centre for Democracy and Development, Abuja, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim; Executive Chairman, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), Mr. Debo Adeniran; Senior Lecturer / Researcher, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, Dr. Chris Kwaja; Executive Director at Centre for Information Technology and Developmen (CITAD), Dr. Y. Z. Ya’u; Country Director, Search for Common Ground, Mr Chom Bagu. Others were the chairman, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA), Mr Olanrewaju Suraju; Chairman, Partners for Electoral Reform(PER), Ezenwa Nwagwu; Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Mr Anwal Musa Rafsanjani ; Executive Director of African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor; a Senior Communication Officer (Policy) in the Operations Communication Department, External and Corporate Relations Vice- Presidency of the World Bank Group. Dr. Sina Odugbem; National Coordinator, Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative (PRADIN), Mr. Muhammed Attah, and Executive Secrectary, Socio Economic Rights Project (SERAP), Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni.

The statement read: “When President Muhammadu Buhari was recently in the United Kingdom on a medical vacation, which lasted 59 days, many public officers said that he was “hale and hearty.” But upon his return to the country, President Buhari disclosed that he had never been that sick in his entire life. “Even though the President did not disclose the nature of his ailment, he revealed that he went through blood transfusion. While thanking the Nigerian people for their prayers, the President announced that he might soon travel back for further medical treatment. “A few weeks ago, the Governor of Kaduna state, Mr. Nasir El-Rufai urged Nigerians to give President Buhari time to recover from his sickness. The plea was made after the Governor had visited and presumably assessed the state of the President at the presidential villa in Abuja. “However, due to the apparent deterioration in the President’s health condition, he has neither been seen in public in the last one week nor attended the last two meetings of the Federal Executive Council. His absence at the last Jumat service in the villa has fuelled further speculations and rumours on President Buhari’s medical condition. “But instead of embarking on a regular briefing on the actual state of the health of President Buhari, officials of the federal government have continued to assure the Nigerian people that the is no need for apprehension over the matter.


“In defending the absence of the President at the last FEC meeting and other state functions, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu stated that “the president’s doctors have advised on his taking things slowly, as he fully recovers from the long period of treatment in the United Kingdom some weeks ago. “As we join the Nigerian people of goodwill to pray for a speedy recovery of President Buhari, we are compelled to advise him to heed the advice of his personal physicians by taking a rest to attend to his health without any further delay .” Earlier, NAIJ.com reported that after requesting a 10 day leave , Buhari had spent almost two months receiving medical treatment in London. He returned on March 10, though there were insinuations that his return was premature and motivated by political pressure from some of his closest associates. There were reports that he would return to the United Kingdom to continue treatment for an undisclosed illness. A statement credited to the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu stated that “the president’s doctors have advised on his taking things slowly , as he fully recovers from the long period of treatment in the United Kingdom some weeks ago." For close to two weeks, the president has not been seen in public, but the presidency insists he is healthy and recuperating fine.
NAIJ.com

I am an Igbo man, but before i became an Igbo man, I was already a Nigerian. You don't get it? You don't concur? Daz your bin'ass. Why am I a Nigerian when i am outside Nigeria, but an Igbo man when I am in the country? Why can't i see my President for who he really is; a Nigerian, and not for where he's from; the Fulani tribe. Honestly, I blindly voted for GEJ, not because he was the best candidate (God's knows he's not), not because he was the best president that ever ruled us (Angels know he's not), not because he had plans for my future (Allah knows he didn't), but then, why did I vote him? Why vote a man whose administration is arguably the most corrupt that Nigeria has ever seen? Why vote a man that said that stealing OUR MONEY was not corruption? Why vote a man that seemed oblivious to the fact that the Sun of our future was being eclipsed by the incompetence and corruption of his administration? Why vote this man, GEJ? Well, i voted him because FOR ME, he was an Igbo man, not a Nigerian. I saw the clueless man as an Igbo man. I didn't give a damn whether i had food or not, whether people stole billions of naira, whether the roads are good, whether i had good water to drink, whether i had a future under him, whether i had electricity, NO! I only gave a damn where he came from. I only gave a damn about his religion, not his capablilties as a leader. His name, not his vision as a leader. His origin, not his wisdom. I only gave a damn about the unimportant things. I voted the wrong man and HE LOST. Was i sad, angry, disappointed when he lost? Of course! An Igbo man lost an election, not an interim president, not a Nigerian, but an Igbo man. How could I've been this blind? I hated PMB because he is a Fulani man. Imagine a fulani man running the show (Who born the maga?) Imagine a muslim ruling over me; a christian. I was thinking like an Igbo man, i was thinking, behaving, understanding like an Igbo man. I was tribalistic. Tribalism is a virus, it spreads from one person to another. It kills you deep inside, It makes you myopic. It clouds your reasoning. I had that virus in me. I needed an antedote. I needed to be saved. How did i save myself? How did i free myself from the shackles of tribalism? Well, I BECAME A NIGERIAN! I stopped being tribalistic. I stopped being sentimental. I stopped hating anybody that is not from my tribe. I BECAME A NIGERIAN. President Buhari might be a Fulani man, Sarki might be an Hausa man (or whatever), Fayose might be a Yoruba man, but they are all Nigerians. I used to laugh at Buhari. I used to pray for his downfall. I used to pray for his death. Not anymore!!! I Have Become a Nigerian. I wish my President good health. I wish my president long life. You have a plan but sickness would not let you actualize those plans for us. You have a vision. You had love for us. Believe me or not PMB is better that most people give him credit for. Ride on my President. Allah bless you.

If only the evil cabal would let him

Our president has been imprisoned in aso rock

Buhari is not going anywhere
He is a prisoner of cabal and
Must pay for all his sins

Pray God grant PMB quick recovery, but why can't the so called buhari doctor come to Nigeria for buhari's health. Must buhari live for the UK , buhari is ill, the doctor is heal. For tenderness sake the doctor should do the flying,

Vegetable president

Poor buhari. His supporters are no longer standing up for him.

Why can't buhari resign, leave the problem of Nigeria alone to enjoy his life with his lovely family. Why is Aisha buhari not advising her husband.