By Sahara Reporters,
Three insiders in the
Presidency have told SaharaReporters that President Muhammadu Buhari is being
fed intravenously as he has had severe difficulty eating and drinking fluids
for several days.
The sources also disclosed
that, although President Buhari's health had held up for a while after his
return from an extended medical vacation in the United Kingdom, his condition
has deteriorated in the last several weeks. They pointed to Mr. Buhari's eating
and drinking problems that have left him too frail to leave his official
residence at Aso Rock Villa to attend any official functions.
Mr. Buhari has been unable to
attend the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting three weeks in a row.
Last week he also failed to attend the Friday Juma'at prayers because he had to
undergo urgent medical treatment that had him confined to a medical room
secretly set up inside the residential area of the villa.
President Buhari was also
conspicuously absent from the wedding of his influential personal aide, Tunde
"Idiagbon" Sabiu in Kaduna. The wedding, which was attended by
political movers and shakers of the Nigerian society, became a scene for curious
political power play. It became clear at the wedding that Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo was treated in a different light by opposing political interests
present at the wedding. While some of them showed deference to Mr. Osinbajo,
others seemed to pay him scant attention, even to the point of shunning his
presence.
SaharaReporters learned that
Mr. Buhari's British doctors had sent a medical team to the Villa to attend to
him. However, our sources revealed that the medical team advised that the
president should immediately return to the United Kingdom to begin what they
described as a slow, complex and long-term treatment that could prolong his
life.
Four weeks ago,
SaharaReporters disclosed that an advance team from the Presidency traveled to
the UK to prepare for Mr. Buhari's imminent arrival there for medical
treatment. However, following moves by a cabal opposed to their potential loss
of political influence, the advance was recalled to Abuja. Our sources named
Chief of Staff Abba Kyari as the anchor of the cabal which also includes Mamman
Daura, a businessman, and Mr. Buhari's kinsman.
A week later, members of the
Presidency's advance team were once again issued with fresh tickets to travel
via Ethiopian Airlines, with the plan that Mr. Buhari would depart to the UK on
April 15th 2017 for a four-month-long medical sojourn.
However, members of the cabal
that wields enormous power in the Presidency, have so far frustrated the
president's trip.
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