Ailing President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, yesterday put end to the rumour of death as he appeared in a picture for the first time in 80 days in a meeting with some governors and chieftains of his All Progressives Congress (APC) party in London.
Those at the meeting with the President are the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
Mr. Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman in a statement, said the President was very cheerful and has not lost any bit of his sense of humour.
“The President was very cheerful and has not lost any bit of his sense of humour,” said Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha in a press statement issued Sunday by presidential spokesman Femi Adesina.
“The party delegation spent more than an hour with President Buhari over lunch, and it was very clear from discussions that he followed developments at home very closely.”
“The president sends his best wishes to all Nigerians. He will be back to Nigeria as soon as his doctors give the go-ahead,” the presidency said in a separate tweet.
The insinuation that the president is terminally ill or even dead has been rife for awhile. His appearance in this image of the meeting with the APC stalwarts will surely put a death knell on the rumour of his death and douse the anxiety over the state of his health.
Buhari’s London medical visit dateline 2017:
19 January: Leaves for UK on “medical vacation”
5 February: Asks parliament to extend medical leave
10 March: Returns home but does not resume work immediately
7 May: Travels to UK for further treatment
