Presidency
sources have disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari plans to return to
Nigeria on Saturday after his test results came in “fine". But his return
remains
uncertain as his doctors in the United Kingdom are yet to certify him
fit to take on the significant burden of his office.
According to
SR, members of Buhari’s inner circle were pressuring him to return home in
order to avoid a power vacuum that could scale down their influence.
President
Buhari caused anxiety amongst Nigerians when he abruptly left Nigeria on a
10-day vacation late January. He failed to return to Nigeria last week at the
expiration of his vacation, instead writing to the Senate to indicate he was
extending his leave in order to receive results from certain medical tests.
A variety of
conflicting responses from the president’s aides and associates, including Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo, helped deepen the uncertainty about Mr. Buhari’s
status. Many Nigerians and other groups accused the Presidency of hiding the
true status of President Buhari’s health.
SR learnt that
President Buhari remains in frail health and requires treatment for an
undisclosed ailment that requires his absence from Nigeria for a prolonged
time. However, owing to the volatile political situation in Nigeria, some
members of the president’s inner circle have been persuading him that he cannot
afford to take more time off.
Our sources
stated that members of the political establishment surrounding Buhari are
persuading him to accept a piecemeal medical treatment plan rather than adopt a
plan recommended by his UK doctors that would take several months for treatment
and recovery.
The
president’s associates are reportedly afraid that a prolonged tenure as acting
President for Mr. Osinbajo could significantly change the power equation
against them.
- If true, is
it power control that should be their concern or the president's good health?
Na wa!
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