Those who don’t mean well for Nigeria ‘politicising’ Buhari’s health challenge

A northern group, Northern Patriotic Assembly (NPA) has warned against the exploitation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s health challenge.

In a statement issued in Kaduna on Wednesday, Idakwo Jibrin, president of the group, and Adamu Wakil, its secretary-general, alleged that some individuals were out to use the situation at hand to create crisis in the country.

The group said Buhari’s personal challenge had been politicised beyond comprehension by politicians who hide behind the pretext of agitating for what is in the country’s best interest.

“Even more unnerving is a situation whereby people we once held in high esteem as elders, leaders and professionals decided to descend into the mud, using President Buhari’s health as their new object of obsession,” the statement read.

“They have fanatically tried to impose this obsession of theirs on other Nigerians in a desperate bid to cause panic and confusion.

“Sadder still is the fact that these mischief makers are people who pose as President Buhari’s associates and friends. With this crew of desperadoes, Mr President need not worry about the opposition, the real vipers’ nest in his courtyard.

“They are the ones, who finding no avenue to corner the government to themselves, are now working day and night to use the president’s health as a campaign tool to hijack the government.

“We want Nigerians to specifically call these people to order. They cannot be allowed to run riot with their own missions to the detriment of the rest of us.”