President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his vacation indefinitely and will not return from the UK until he gets his medical test reports, his spokesman, Femi Adesina, said on Sunday.
Buhari has communicated this in a letter to the national assembly, Adesina said.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the national assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors,” Adesina said in a statement.
“The president had planned to return to Abuja this evening, but was advised to complete the test cycle before returning. The notice has since been dispatched to the senate president, and speaker, house of representatives.
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“Mr. President expresses his sincere gratitude to Nigerians for their concern, prayers and kind wishes.”
Buhari left the country on January 19, after transmitting a letter to the national assembly, disclosing that he was going on a 10-day vacation during which he would undergo medical checkups.
He told the lawmakers that he had handed over to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who was in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, at the time.
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Osinbajo had to cut short his trip to take over the responsibilities.
The rumour mill has been rife with reports that the president has died. TheCable had fact checked the fake news, and discovered it for what it was.
Despite the findings, the rumours about Buhari continue to resurface every day.
Not even the pictures of the president monitoring a Channels Television programme from his UK base, made “naysayers” back down.
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Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun state governor, also visited Buhari in London. Amosun was accompanied by Daisy Danjuma, a former senator.
Responding to the ill report, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, had said it is only in Nigeria that citizens wish their president dead.
Nigerian leaders have condemned the false reports on the president’s health.
On Friday, former President Olusegun Obasanjo reprimanded those wishing death on the nation’s number one citizen.
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Obasanjo had said: “Even if we know that Buhari is sick, it i wrong to wish him dead.”
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26 comments
Time alone – oh, time will tell
May God heal our president and bring him back to finish what he started. He put us in our present situation and must live to bring us out of it. Sai Baba!
“I WISH HIM SOONEST RECOVER…”.
The fact is, the older you are, the weaker you become.
There is nothing wrong for a man in his seventies and with such busy schedules having this kind of health crises.
I wish him quick recovery, we really need him to work better with the judiciary to flush corruption out.
Not so, the ultimate decision was his to run for office, he also knew quite well that he was old and frail but concealed it in ultimate deception. Here we are with an absent president and a nation full of lost opportunities. His administration has been a fraud, my prayer is that God save us from this shackle.
Your comment..though it is dishearthing to hear that he his not coming soon. but we wish him quick recovery
I wish my president good health and long life to continue the work he startd
Much as I wish the President a quick recovery, I would think that within the short time that he was recuperating and able to attend to visitors, he could have put all doubts behind and shut the doubting thomasi’s mouths up by allowing the press to feature him reassuring the citizens that he’s well and alive. That’s all and we all will be happy.
It’s only in Nigeria that governance is done like family or private affairs.
Buhari is never been a private figure let alone now that he’s the president of a nation that is most populous in Africa and of all black nations worldwide.
A good example is expected.
Let Buhari come out of his hiding and talk to the press overseas here in order to allay the fears of everyone concerned.
We do not want to be in the wood like it happened during Yaradua junior.
I wish him good health and quicker recovery!!!
I wish him well. May he recover fast and continue his herculean task of cleaning this stinking dungeon called Nigeria.
Sai BABA BUHARI … You must not die because the anticorruption war just started. It has not even extended to the procurement directors of all the MDAs who are the ALPHA and OMEGA of CORRUPTION in the PROCUREMENT PROCESS. Which has in the time past and still frustrating the effort of all the genuine CONTRACTORS who suffered to get there documents right, partook in tender process emerged the lowest responsive bid, only to be overturned by Director/Head of procurement in the name of Arithmetic errors (the system they found very easy. MDAs like Rural Electrification Agency (REA); National Centre for Women Development (NCWD); Border Community Development Agency (BCDA); National Directorate of Employment (NDE); SMEDAN; NPHCDA; Ministry of Transport; AGRICULTURE; POWER Works & Housing; Sports; Education; FERMA; FADAMA III; etc. Has gone deep in this corruption practice and Baba Buhari need to sanction them without mercy.
He should start his corruption fight with the Secretary to the Federal government who awarded himself N270m to cut grass at the IDP camp. Defending hat contact is a big shame and a large stain on the President. Wish him speedy recovery though
I wish PMB quick recovery
Just take note of that expression “Indefinitely”: Nothing more to add.
Thanks
I pray for his quick return. But come to think of it after ten days of vacation test results are still pending and we were also made to understand that he is not sick. Please let him know that condition is critical at home. Just passing..
I wish him quick recovery
We have been praying to God believing with faith that PMB will recover, come back and possibly hand over to someone and go and take care of his health. Because it is obvious that he is unfit to continue.
Let Buhari be healed and come finish what he’s started. His formula is complicated. Naija is big and complicated place to govern, I don’t envy him.If only we could be slow to judging others . Put religion and Ethnicity out of our affairs,we will move forward. What is wrong in Adesina telling Nigerians that Baba is sick? Anyone could could be sick! Wake up Nigeria
I wish PMB a speedy recovery! Long Live The Federal Republic of Nigeria!!
I wonder wat we should pray & wat kind of prayer are those praying, praying 4 him. His media team said he is well & alive. So wat den are we to pray?
For his return? Can someone tell Nigerians d simple truth. It is a dangerous tin to follow a road u hav ones fallen victim of rubbery attack b4.
Get well soon Presido!
Pmb should come back to finish his tenure
Metro news is not lying. Nigerian government is also not lying. Such a big matter like this has great effect on both emotion and reaction of people. Therefore delaying the public announcement is politically right as to condition the emotions and reactions of the public. And as well for stakeholders to put the house in order to avoid caius. I think you may not know what it can result to if government prematurely accept publicly the demise of PMB. It is a welcome idea to allow the news to penetrate informally to almost everybody in Nigeria and allow all of us to get tired of waiting for fact before the announcement. By then it will be a thing people are tired of hearing. Such will enable the nation retain its peace.
For God sake, what do these people take Nigerians for?
Pls, Mr. Adesina, enough of this lies, OK? Nigerians are not fools. This is exactly the same way the presidency and Turiah held this country hostage a few years ago. They lied to us at every point about Yar’dua’s health even when he had passed on in Jedda, Soudi Arebia. They contracted
the services of professional liars – the Ojo Maduekwes, and paid them handsomely to go on manufacturing those wicked lies they told Nigerians each day throughout that period until their bank of lies went bankrupt. Have we forgotten that Chief Ojo Maduekwe even claimed to have visited president Yar’dua and saw him jogged for 25 minutes? As if that was not enough, with the support of the then AGF, they pushed forward for the NASS to approve of their cronies to travel out with the budget of that year for the President to sign, insisting there was nothing wrong with that. Only God knows what their intention over that document was.
They have started again, and Femi Adesina has allowed himself to be used as a Vail to cover our eyes while northern leaders continue to strategize on their evil agenda. Nigerians, pls, be wise!
First of all I want to thank cable for reporting the news the way it is without bias not like other news media that are trying to hide something from the people. Thankfully cable for your neutral stance, we want news not someone elses opinion, not news media telling us what to think etc
Buhari will be back on the saddle, you don’t need to say any phony prayers for him. He is a righteous man and he means well for Nigeria. Keep your prayers. BUHARI WILL COME BACK!!!!!
Wishing u a Quick and Quicker recovery my President…