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President
Buhari in company of Gov. Ibikunle Amosun, others. Photo credit: Twitter -
Garba Shehu
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President Muhammadu
Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing
it of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the
results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors.
Press
Release reads:
“The
President had planned to return to Abuja this evening, but was advised to
complete the test cycle before returning,” a statement by the Special Adviser
to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said.
“The
notice has since been dispatched to the Senate President, and Speaker, House of
Representatives.
“Mr.
President expresses his sincere gratitude to Nigerians for their concern,
prayers and kind wishes.”
The
president is on a medical holiday in London.
Buhari Extends
Vacation Indefinitely
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.
“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.
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.
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.
Obasanjo had said: “Even if
we know that Buhari is sick, it is wrong to wish him dead.”
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