SaharaReporters has learned that some of
President Muhammadu Buhari's aides have renewed attempts to return him
to the seat of power in Abuja before the possibly eight-week closure of
the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the Federal Capital
Territory Abuja.
The airport is scheduled to be shut down for at
least six weeks starting from midnight on March 7, 2017. President
Buhari left Nigeria on vacation on January 19announcing that he would be
back in Abuja on February 6. However, on the planned date of return,
President Buhari wrote to the Nigerian Senate extending his return to
Nigeria indefinitely. The Nigerian leader told senators that he would
remain in the U.K. to await the results of tests ordered by his doctors.
Presidential spokesmen have been adamant against revealing to
Nigerians the specific nature of Mr. Buhari's illness. Instead, they
have either claimed that the president was merely resting in London or
that he was undergoing some medical checks that necessitated a delay in
his return to Abuja.
Saharareporters was the first to disclose
that President Buhari would need more than the initial ten days to deal
with myriads of health challenges that have dogged him for months.
Sources close to Mr. Buhari disclosed that the president's doctors in
the U.K. have recommended that he stay in London for as long as four
months in order to complete a rigorous regimen of treatment for a
prostrate-related ailment as well as Crohn's disease.
Our
sources revealed that President Buhari is afflicted with internal organ
disorders that have caused him to lose weight and wrecked his appetite.
"Some
of Mr. President's associates are mounting pressure on him to return to
Abuja as soon as possible, and especially before the [Abuja] airport is
temporarily closed," a knowledgeable source told our correspondent. He
confirmed that President Buhari was yet to complete his treatment for
his prostate ailment as well as Crohn's disease, a condition that
plagues his intestines.
Our sources said President Buhari's
inner circle, led by his cousin, Mamman Daura, and his personal
assistant, Tunde Sabiu (also known as “Tunde Idiagbon”), were behind the
decision not to disclose the nature of the president's ailments to the
Nigerian public. The two insiders are reportedly managing a cabal around
Mr. Buhari to control and leverage power in Abuja.
Our
investigation showed that the cabal had effectively shoved aside
President Buhari's wife, Aisha Buhari, relegating her to Abuja. Instead,
one of President Buhari's daughters, Halima, is now the only direct
relative given free access to the ailing president in London.
Halima,
a daughter from Mr. Buhari’s first marriage, recently returned to Abuja
on a British Airways flight. One source claimed that her return to
Abuja was possibly to prepare for her father’s temporary return to
Nigeria.
Our sources revealed that, even if President Buhari
returns soon, he would need to travel out again to London in a few
months to continue his treatment.
"It doesn't make sense for Mr.
President to return to Abuja immediately just to serve the political
interests of some people when his doctors want him to go through all his
treatment," one of our sources said.
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