Following
reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is being fed through his veins,
Lai Mohammed has come out to speak on the matter.
President Muhammadu Buhari
According to a report by The Nation, the Federal Government on
Wednesday denied report that President Muhammadu Buhari was being fed
through intravenous injections.
A media report had claimed that the President was so sick that he could not eat by himself and was being fed through the veins.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal
Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,
the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, said the report was false.
According to him, the President did not attend the FEC meeting on
Wednesday because he was obeying doctors’ advice to rest well in order
to recover fully.
He said: “Why the President was not at the meeting. You are
also aware that the President was at his office yesterday (Tuesday), and
he worked at his office yesterday. A few days before now we came out to
say he’s been asked to take some rest by his doctors, and he chose
today (Wednesday) to rest and not to attend the Federal Executive
Council meeting.
“We want to take this opportunity to thank Nigerians who have
expressed a lot of concern and sympathy, and who have been praying for
him. Like we’ve always said, Mr. President will stick to his doctors’
advice so that he can recover much more quickly.”
On those Nigerians advising the President to go on another medical vacation, he said “We
thank all of them for their concern, I think it shows how concerned
Nigerians are about the health of the President. And all their
suggestions are being taken on board.”
Speaking on the report claiming that Buhari was being fed through the veins, he added “the
answer to your first question is absolute bunkum. It is absolutely
untrue that he is being fed through veins. He was in the office
yesterday as you all reported. And if the doctors say he should take a
rest I think you’ll recover faster when you rest when you ought to rest,
rather than by forcing yourself to work when you are not fit to work.
“All he is doing is he is following the doctor’s advice. Mr.
President himself told the nation he has never been this sick and he is
going to take it easy. He said it from day one when he came back from
the UK.
“So, whatever is happening today is not any strange
development, it is exactly what he said. That he’s been advised to take
it easy by his doctors and that he will soon also go back for further
treatment.”