Mystery continues to shroud President Muhammadu Buhari’s return to Nigeria, just as the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari at the weekend travelled to London where her husband is said to be recuperating.
The Guardian reports that Mrs. Buhari left for the UK on Sunday and there exists a likelihood of her returning to Nigeria with her husband at a time yet to be officially confirmed.
The president’s wife returned from London last Thursday and proceeded to Owerri, where she attended the 2017 August meeting hosted by women in the state. However, there is nothing on ground to indicate that the president is being expected in Abuja.
Hitherto, the president’s return after being away was usually heralded with preparations with workers of construction giant, Julius Berger cleaning the forecourt in the villa as well as putting other aesthetic touches on the building housing the president’s office.
This time, President Buhari’s long absence has continued to fuel widespread speculations that he is critically ill and indeed on life support, a claim the presidency has consistently denied even as it has failed to provide a definitive time frame for the President’s treatment abroad, saying instead that the length of his stay would be determined by his London doctors.
President Buhari left the shores of Nigeria on Sunday, May 7, on a medical follow-up for an undisclosed ailment at the behest of his doctors in London. Since then, the media have been inundated with speculations over his likely return date, with his media handlers battling to debunk the many news items that daily flood the social media.
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