New revelation has shown that president Muhammadu Buhari's real ailment is yet to be diagnosed by doctors in the UK.
President Muhammadu Buhari
Despite several months of medication and intensive care in the
United Kingdom (UK), President Muhammadu Buhari’s doctors are yet to
diagnose what the president’s illness is all about, Independent exclusively reports.
According to credible source in the presidency, despite series of
tests and treatments from renowned medical practitioners both within and
outside the UK, nobody has been able to pinpoint what ails the
president except that he has completely lost his appetite for food.
The failure of the presidency to tell Nigerians the actual state of
health of the president has fueled speculations in the country with
many alleging that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is guilty
of what it accused the then ruling party, the People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) when the late President Umaru Yar’Adua held sway.
But according to our source, “Those accusing the presidency of
being economical with the truth on the actual state of health of the
president are missing the point because you can only disclose what you
know.
“As at today, nobody knows the kind of ailment battling Mr.
President. Even his doctors in the UK don’t know what is wrong with him.
Lots of tests have been done; in fact they have done everything humanly
possible but they still can’t detect what is wrong with him. That is
why the doctors have decided to place him under long observation to see
if they can diagnose what is wrong with him on the long run.
“For those of us who are close to President Buhari, he can’t
stay for a long time without food. He doesn’t have the endurance for
long fasting and that is why those referring to him as a religious
fanatic are wrong. Here is a man who doesn’t joke with his food but
suddenly once he takes a spoon, he throws up. And you know if you don’t
eat for a long time, you become weak and emaciated.
“When the condition became critical, they have to devise other
means of feeding him, but we’re happy at the level of significant
progress he has made in the last couple of weeks”, he said.
He also debunked the claim by some online news media that the
president is being treated for acute prostate cancer or battling with
Crohn’s disease, a medical condition that could have affected his
digestive system.
“From the information we have, every organ of the president is
working perfectly. The only problem is his inability to eat well due to
loss of appetite. That is why some people are alleging that the
president may have been poisoned or under some kind of spiritual
attack”, he noted.
Although President Muhammadu Buhari’s first active year in office
which was from May 29, 2015 to 2016 was frost with some minor
challenges, especially delays associated with appointing his cabinet
members, the frustrations and criticism that greeted it left much to be
desired.
No sooner had he sorted out some of these issues to settle down to the business of governance came his health challenges.
The first time he took a vacation to undergo medical check-up in London, the United Kingdom was in February 2016.
He left the shores of Nigeria for the United Kingdom for a six-day vacation from
February 5 to February 10, 2016. After a formal letter was written
to the National Assembly leadership he transferred powers to Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo.
Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had
explained that the letter to the National Assembly was in compliance
with Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution.
The spokesperson had assured Nigerians of the well-being of the
president and the need not to panic over the state of his health.
He had hinged the vacation on the need for the president to take a
break from work as he had worked non-stop for eight months and could
break down like every other person.
On January 19, 2017, shortly after resolving the leadership crisis
in The Gambia, where Yahaya Jammeh was recalcitrant to hand over power
to his successor, President Buhari fell ill again and had to leave the
country on another vacation.
As usual, he wrote Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, before bidding Nigeria
goodbye to examine his health on January 23, 2017 to be precise.
Nigerians were sympathetic and in fact showed understanding that
the president needs to take care of his health issues so that he could
function maximally as the nation’s leader.
However, when the 10-day medical leave began to extend to several
weeks, rumours began to fly over the actual date of his return,
deepening suspicions that his health was far worse than officials were
publicly admitting.
Finally, on March 9, 2017, the president returned to wild
jubilations in some parts of the country and to the relief of Nigerians.
Despite attempts by his spokesmen to conceal his health challenges,
Buhari revealed to Nigerians when he came back that he had never felt
“so sick” in his entire life.
Upon returning, his absence in public functions, including skipping
the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings gave room for more
speculations, prompting concerned Nigerians to suggest he take another
leave to rest more and recover fully.
Upon return, he said, “I deliberately came back towards the
weekend, so that the Vice President (Yemi Osinbajo) will continue and I
will continue to rest. All I will need is to do further follow ups
within some weeks.”
Having weighed options available to him and sensed that Acting
President Yemi Osinbajo was doing well in the governance of the country,
Buhari jetted out again, shortly after he took inventory of 82 school
girls abducted by the dreaded Boko Haram sect in Chibok, Borno State in
April 2014.
He left on Sunday, May 7, 2017, and has spent about 94 days undergoing medical care also in the UK.
Despite the fact that the acting president, some caucus members of
the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), including the National
Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and selected governors
who have gone to pay him solidarity visit and came back with assurances
that he would soon return, the date for his eventual return is still
unknown.
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Via Independent
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