The Presidency on Thursday insisted that despite the rumour making the
round on President Muhammadu Buhari‘s state of health, the President is
not ill.
Adesina insisted that Buhari is only in London, United Kingdom, for
vacation and is not in any hospital.
He said, “The President is in London on vacation. He is not in any
hospital and he is not ill.
“When he was travelling last week, the statement we put out was that he
was going on vacation and during the vacation, he would do routine medical
check-up and nothing has changed from what we pushed out last week.
“If anybody has fed something else into the rumour mill, that is just what
it is — rumour.”
When asked if Buhari would be willing to talk to Nigerians from the UK,
Adesina said such a decision could only be taken by the President himself.
The presidential aide said any attempt to compel Buhari to do so would
amount to infringement on his rights.
“The fact that he is a President, he still has his rights. Compelling him
to come out and talk will be infringing on his rights.
“The President will talk if he wishes to. If he doesn’t wish to, nobody
will compel him to talk.
“The truth is that the President is on vacation and he has given a date on
which he will return to work,’’ Adesina said.