President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide, Mr. Femi Adesina launched
another attempt yesterday to allay fears over the health of his
principal, who is on a ten-day vacation in the United Kingdom, but has
not been seen or heard from since his departure last week.
Speaking on a live CNBC Africa interview, Adesina said Buhari was not ill or on admission in any hospital in London, adding: “When he was travelling last week, the statement we put out was that he was going on vacation and during the vacation he would undergo a routine medical check up and nothing has changed from what we pushed out last week.
“If anybody has fed something else into the rumour mill that is just what it is, a rumour.”
Speaking on a live CNBC Africa interview, Adesina said Buhari was not ill or on admission in any hospital in London, adding: “When he was travelling last week, the statement we put out was that he was going on vacation and during the vacation he would undergo a routine medical check up and nothing has changed from what we pushed out last week.
“If anybody has fed something else into the rumour mill that is just what it is, a rumour.”
However, Adesina stirred the hornet’s
nest, when he said the president would decide if he wanted to speak to
Nigerians from the UK or not.
He said: “The fact that he is a
president, he still has his rights. Compelling him to come out and talk
will be infringing on his rights.
“The president will talk if he wishes to; if he doesn’t wish to, nobody will compel him to talk.
“The truth is that the president is on
vacation and he has given a date on when he will return to work,” the
president’s spokesman said.
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