The Presidency has confirmed that, fresh from medical checkup in the United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari is fully ready to campaign to face any political opponents for the 2019 election for a second term.
Answering questions from the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where he joined others to welcome the President from London yesterday, Friday, presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu advised other political parties to hurry up and produce their Presidential candidates to face Buhari in 2019.
He said that the return of the President is a good notice to opponents to get ready for the contest in 2019, adding: “we use this opportunity to put the opponents on notice: are you ready for 2019? President Buhari is ready for 2019; come, let’s go.”
Garba Shehu, who is the senior special assistant to the President on media and publicity, said that the return of Buhari to Nigeria from medical checkup in the UK testified to the fact that there was nothing to worry about “as we earlier said.”
On arrival yesterday, President Buhari had said: “I just went for further medical checkup and I’m alright.” [myad]
