Against the background of the renewed anxiety over the date of the arrival in Nigeria, of President Muhammadu Buhari from his London medical vacation, the Presidency said he won’t sneak in.
Sources at the Presidency hinted our reporter that the already established tradition of issuing statement about the movement of the President will be observed.
In a terse statement today, Thursday, special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, assured that just like a statement was issued when he was leaving for London, so also a statement is expected to be issued about his return.
Other sources said that there is no way Nigerians would wake up and see President Buhari appearing in the Presidential Villa as if he is just any Nigerian.
This is even as the Benue state governor revealed that the governors who recently visited Buhari in London actually advised him to take his time and rest before returning to Nigeria.
The governor, who was among those that visited the President, told news men in Abuja: “we asked him not to hurry because there is no vacuum: the Acting President is holding forth for him and he is doing very well and he has his confidence. By the grace of God, I believe that very soon he will be with us.”
On the rate of recovering of President Buhari, the Benue state governor remarked: “I will say halleluyah. God has answered my prayers. I was the first person that initiated prayers, both Christians and Muslims to pray for Mr.
President because that is our duty. Romans 13:1,2 talks about that. There is no power that is without God’s ordination and those of us who are his subjects should continue to pray for such. So it is our responsibility not to be castigating Mr. President or be wishing him or whatever. We should be praying for him.
“If Mr. President is sick, it means all of us are sick; the whole country is sick. So it is our responsibility to pray that Mr. President gets well so that our country too will be well.
“Mr. President is doing well. We appreciate God. We saw him. He was not on a wheel chair; he was not bedridden. He greeted us, we cracked jokes and he was mentally alert. We discussed about the security situations
in the country and he asked us questions about what we are doing. Our prayer is that God will consummate his healing.” [myad]
