President Muhammadu Buhari, exuding self confidence and good health, today, Friday, at the Friday Jum’at Mosque, inside Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, threw banters, shared some lively jokes and got many people rolling with laughter.
The President, who before today, was said to be so ill that he could not eat and drink and that he was being fed through tube, even asked after his personal photographer when he emerged from the Mosque after the Jum’at prayer.
The prayer session was attended by his top aides, some ministers including that of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, Attorney General of the Federation and minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, some Senators; a Sokoto Prince, Alhaji Shehu Malami; First Republic politician under the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), Ishaku Ibrahim; National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu; chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NACON), Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar and a host of others.
Editor-In-Chief of Greenbarge Reporters was there in the Mosque and gave the following narration of President Buhari’s appearance after so much dangerous speculations in social media:
The President arrived in the Mosque at exactly 1.20 Pm and went straight to observe two supplementary Rakkah (standing to recite from Holy Qur’an, bowing, prostrating and sitting) while the Chief Imam was already delivering his sermon.
Not quite five minutes after his arrival, the chief Imam finished the sermon, offered special prayer for God to grant the President good health, and commenced the two obligatory Rakkah. After terminating the prayer, the President got to his feet at which time many dignitaries had already lined up along the route to the Mosque’s exit, to have a glimpse of him and possibly for handshake.
Buhari took his time shaking hands with some notable elders, including Alhaji Shehu Malami, who the President jokingly complained to: “they say we are old and therefore to them, it is sickness…are we sick? “
There was a thunderous laughter inside the Mosque.
The President went out of the Mosque, bended down and personally put his shoes on one after another as the NSA and others watched him. He got up from the bended position and walked towards where other dignitaries, including the minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, NAHCON chairman, Barrister Abdullahi Mikhtar and others were waiting to have handshake with him.
Buhari then moved to where journalists, mostly cameramen, were waiting to take shots. As he got to them, he asked after his personal photographer, to which his colleagues answered: “he is not here sir, but Sunday (Aghaeze, the President’s Personal Assistant on photography) is here.”
The cameramen and others around the corridor of the Mosques openly prayed for the President to regain his health fully, to which the President answered: “Amin.”
He stood for a while as the photographers were doing their job and then walked away, heading to his residence (about 800 metres away). [myad]
