Leaders of various human rights bodies in Nigeria have called on the
\nPresident to take a medical leave to enable him attend to his health,
\nimmediately.<\/p>\n
These rights activists include Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi
\nFalana; the Executive Director, SERAP, Adetokunbo Mumuni; Director, Centre
\nfor Democracy and Development, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim; Executive
\nChairman, CACOL, Debo Adeniran; and Country Director, Search for Common
\nGround, Chom Bagu.<\/p>\n
They made the call in a joint statement issued on Monday, amid growing
\nconcerns about the President\u2019s health.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we join the Nigerian people of goodwill to pray for a speedy recovery
\nof President Buhari, we are compelled to advise him to heed the advice of
\nhis personal physicians by taking a rest to attend to his health without
\nany further delay,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n
Those who signed the statement include the Executive Director, SERAP,
\nAdetokunbo Mumuni; Director, Centre for Democracy and Development,
\nProfessor Jibrin Ibrahim; and Country Director, Search for Common Ground,
\nChom Bagu, as well as Executive Chairman, CACOL, Debo Adeniran;<\/p>\n
They explained that their call was based on the observation that since the
\nPresident returned from his medical vacation in the UK and despite
\nrepeated claims by government officials that there was no cause for alarm
\nover his health, the President doesn\u2019t seem to have fully recovered.<\/p>\n
Recalling that President Buhari, upon his return, had said he had never
\nbeen so sick in his life and that he might go back for further treatment,
\nthey suggested that comments by the likes of Kaduna State Governor Nasir
\nEl-Rufai could not be ignored.<\/p>\n
The statement read in part, \u201cA few weeks ago, the Governor of Kaduna
\nState, Mr. Nasir El-Rufai urged Nigerians to give President Buhari time to
\nrecover from his sickness.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plea was made after the Governor had visited and presumably assessed
\nthe state of the President at the presidential villa in Abuja.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, due to the apparent deterioration in the President\u2019s health
\ncondition, he has neither been seen in public in the last one week nor
\nattended the last two meetings of the Federal Executive Council.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis absence at the last Jumat service in the villa has fuelled further
\nspeculations and rumours on President Buhari\u2019s medical condition.\u201d<\/p>\n
They added, \u201cBut instead of embarking on regular briefing on the actual
\nstate of the health of President Buhari, officials of the federal
\ngovernment have continued to assure the Nigerian people that the is no
\nneed for apprehension over the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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