Residents of Sokoto State have joined other groups in prayer for ailing President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently in the United Kingdom on an indefinite medical vacation.
The prayer on Saturday, February 25, 2017 comes after a group of primary school pupils in Daura, the hometown of the president offered prayers for the president’s safe return to the country, according to Herald.
Buhari who has been in London since January over his health has continuously assured Nigerians that he is hale and hearty while he thanked the citizens for their continued prayers.
See photos from the prayer session below:
In a related incident, Femi Adesina, a presidential spokesperson took to Facebook, Saturday, to celebrate a purported phone call from the president.
In a bizarre presentation, he sought to present a transcript of the phone call from the president who called him by a name that, by Adesina’s own admission, Buhari doesn’t use to address him.
Buhari Health Rumours
Rumours about the health status of the president continue to swirl on cyber-space after a fake news website reported that Buhari had passed on.
The Nigerian presidency has debunked the rumour and said that the retired military general, 74, is “alive and well”.
“He is alive and well! President Buhari is not magical. He cannot be holidaying in the UK and be in Germany, dead or alive at the same time,” Garba Shehu, one of Buhari’s spokespersons, said in a short post on his Facebook page.
The president left the country last week on a 10-day leave and is expected back home on February 2, 2017. While making the official announcement, presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina had assured that there is nothing to worry about the president’s routine medical checkup while on his vacation.
The president himself also made it clear that there is nothing wrong with going on vacation, just before stepping into the presidential jet.
The rumours won’t go away. Wednesday morning, news began to circulate online that the present was on life-support at King’s College Hospital. According to the blogger who reported the story, his source is an inside source familiar with the situation.
The president was expected to return to the country on February 6, 2017, the same day that the presidency issued a statement saying that he had extended his medical leave indefinitely due to health reasons.
