President Buhari will return to Nigeria on Saturday
This came as the senate president Bukola Saraki confirmed
that President Buhari is healthy and in high spirits.
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On his twitter handle, the senate president tweeted,
“Happy to have spoken with President Buhari tonight tonight. He was in good
spirits and joked about my working late into the night, as usual.
Saraki has joined the list of many prominent
Nigerians who have confirmed that they have spoke with President Buhari and
found that he was healthy and in high spirit.
Meanwhile, Hajiya Rakiya, the only surviving elder
sister of President Buhari, has appealed to Nigerians to continue to pray for
the well being of the President, instead of spreading rumours about his health.
She said President Buhari being a mortal is bound to fall ill or even die “at
any time his Creator wishes’’.
Alhaji Abdulman Daura, the Northwest organising
secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), described the rumoured death
and state of health of the president as baseless and unfounded.
Daura said Buhari is in good health and is only
conducting a routine medical checkup in the United Kingdom.
He advised the opposition to always be constructive
and avoid campaign of hate and calumny, adding that it is only God that gives
health and takes life.
A group of students of the School of Health
Technology Daura described the rumour as unfortunate and asked the National
Association of Nigerian Students to issue a statement condemning the rumour.