Date Published: 08/23/09

Doctors to Yar'adua: Slow down, your health is bad!

President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua of Nigeria has, reportedly, been told by the team of German and Saudi medical doctors to draw back on his heavy work engagements because of further deterioration in the condition of his kidney.

The Doctors verdict is a deep concern for the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP and President Musa Yar’Adua. While the Party would be left to shop for a suitable candidate in 2011, the President would find a way of convincing his party that he is healthy enough to seek a reelection in 2011.

The President has been diagnosed with Churg Strauss Syndrome, an inflammation of the blood vessel, a Kidney Problem and yet to be confirmed Pulmonary Fibrosis for which he has at various times visited Germany and Saudi Arabia for treatments.

Pointblanknews.com learnt that President Yar’Adua who originally left for Saudi-Arabia to perform Umrah rites, lesser hajj, was advised to reduce his work load while undergoing a routine medical check-up last Tuesday.

An option of a kidney transplant has been suspended for now. There were unconfirmed reports that Yar’Adua used a similar visit to have a kidney transplant last year. The report which was originally scooped by pointblanknews.com would later be exaggerated thereby landing some new organizations in serious trouble with the administration in Nigeria.

The doctors are still contemplating their options to get the President on a better condition, but now that Yar’Adua is being told to take things easy the idea of a second term for him my take a back seat. At least for now.

Sources had hinted Pointblanknews.com that President Yar’Adua had collapsed in Bauchi state recently while attending a ceremony organized by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to welcome Governor Isa Yuguda, an in-law to the President who decamped to the ruling party.

The President is scheduled to return back to the country on Friday. It is not immediately clear if the scheduled date would be kept as Doctors are said to be keeping an eye on him to see how he responds to treatments.