Mrs. Buhari had left Nigeria for London last week, three weeks after her
husband left the country for medical treatment in the United Kingdom.
Upon her departure, she said she would spend some time with her husband.
While announcing her arrival via her Twitter handle, @aishabuhari at 8.50 a.m. Tuesday, Mrs. Buhari said her husband thanked Nigerians for their prayers for his health and by extension towards the fulfilment of his government’s mandate.
While announcing her arrival via her Twitter handle, @aishabuhari at 8.50 a.m. Tuesday, Mrs. Buhari said her husband thanked Nigerians for their prayers for his health and by extension towards the fulfilment of his government’s mandate.
“I thank Allah for my safe trip to UK,
where I visited President @MBuhari. He thanks Nigerians for their
constant prayers for his health towards achieving the mandate of this
administration as contained in our APC manifesto so that we can build a
very strong institution for a better future of our country Nigeria.
“Thank you and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Mrs. Buhari tweeted.
Also, a statement issued two hours later by her spokesman, Suleiman Haruna, said Buhari thanked Osinbajo for his loyalty and called on Nigerians to continue to support him in his commitment to achieving the mandate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Also, a statement issued two hours later by her spokesman, Suleiman Haruna, said Buhari thanked Osinbajo for his loyalty and called on Nigerians to continue to support him in his commitment to achieving the mandate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Mr. President thanked the acting
president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, for his loyalty and called on Nigerians
to continue to support the acting president in his effort to actualise
the mandate of APC,” Haruna said.
Buhari’s vote of confidence on Osinbajo
was at variance with the allegations last week by one Ismaila Farouk,
accusing the acting president of filling his team with his kinsmen from
the South-west and also exploiting the illness of the president to
strategise for 2019.
The allegations were echoed by some Northern leaders, including Balarabe Musa, Abubakar Tsav and Junaid Mohammed.
But the office of the acting president dismissed the allegations as baseless and a smear campaign by some forces in the Presidential Villa who were aggrieved over the exercise of full presidential powers by Osinbajo.
But the office of the acting president dismissed the allegations as baseless and a smear campaign by some forces in the Presidential Villa who were aggrieved over the exercise of full presidential powers by Osinbajo.
The allegations compelled one of his
aides, Dr. Bilkisu Saidu, to come up with the names of several Muslims
in Osinbajo’s office including herself, saying she was lecturing in a
Northern university when she suddenly got her appointment as Senior
Special Assistant, Legal Matters to Osinbajo.
She accused those making the allegations
as merely using religion to sow the seeds of disaffection against the
acting president, insisting that the accusations were unfair and untrue.
Buhari returned to London on May 7, almost two months after an earlier trip for medical reasons.
Buhari returned to London on May 7, almost two months after an earlier trip for medical reasons.
Meanwhile, Reuters in a report Tuesday
quoted an unnamed source in the presidency as stating that Buhari was
expected to return to Nigeria at the weekend.
However, when contacted, the president’s media aide, Femi Adesina, said he was not aware of the president’s return date.
However, when contacted, the president’s media aide, Femi Adesina, said he was not aware of the president’s return date.
He said: “We don’t know who Reuters is
quoting, but if the president was returning, a statement would be duly
issued by the presidency.
“Right now we have no information on the date of his return.”
“Right now we have no information on the date of his return.”
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