Presidential Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, is not comfortable with media reports that President Muhammadu Buhari was ill.
Rather than accepting that his Principal is truly ill, he preferred to ask Nigerians to pray for him.
President Buhari left the country on Monday for London to rest for 10 days and seize the opportunity, according to Adesina, to see an ENT specialist for persistent ear infection.
Prior to his Principal’s departure, Adesina spoke with State House correspondents.
His words, “The President is going for 10 day rest and during that period, he will see specialists who will look at his ear; he has been treating that ear locally for some time.
“The buzz going round town is that the president is “ill”, but “ill” will be a misnomer; it should not be the right word to use.
“Nigerian physicians have looked at it and now they have said, `you are going to UK, now that you will be there let specialists look at the ear.’
“The Nigerian physicians have treated it locally. So, it is not a question of whether the President is ill.
If he is ill, it presupposes that there are certain things that he cannot do.
“Till the very last minute that he is traveling, the president performed the duties and functions of his office as president.
“So, illness is not the issue, but as a human being, yes he can rest. He has been President for one full year, you know that in February he took 5days leave; he is taking another 10 days now that means 15 days leave in one year.
“You and I take more than that, so it is natural that the president as a human being is taking 10 days rest but he is not ill.
“We need to underscore that. Rather than going into frenzy, I will urge Nigerians to show goodwill and patriotism; they should pray for him and wish him well.
“Things about health, life and death are in the hands of God, but I believe that all is well. God will take care of him and take care of the country,’’ Adesina said.
There have been speculations that the Presidency may covering up something regarding the President’s health.
