A Nigerian Professor of English, William Ajene Horsfall said,
“Special Adviser to the President, Femi Adesina said the President had
planned to return to Abuja this evening, but was advised to complete the
test cycle before returning. The notice has since been dispatched to
the Senate President, and Speaker, House of Representatives.
“What notice? Notice by phone or email or official letter as usual?
Who signed the letter? Let us see it and not only a three paragraph
letter.
“Remember, President Yar’Adua left Nigeria on 23 November 2009, and
was reported to be receiving treatment for pericarditis at a clinic in
Saudi Arabia.
“He was not seen in public again, and his absence created a dangerous power vacuum in Nigeria.
“He battled kidney failure and purportedly challenged his critics to a
game of squash in an endeavor to end speculations about his health;
this is exactly what is happening with Buhari and his government.
“Further fomenting rumors about his health, he was flown to Germany
for medical reasons and we were told it was due to stress. Afterall,
whatever we are told, we accept. Mumu!
“If you remember, Yar’Adua was quoted as saying he ‘was fine and
would soon be back to campaigning.’ They have said this about Buhari
too.
“Like a rumour, Yar’Adua was said to have collapsed after suffering a
heart attack – another report which was swiftly dismissed by them.
“Yar’Adua was urged to hand over power to Vice-President, Goodluck
Jonathan, in an acting capacity during his illness, but what happened?
They kept swindling Nigerians.”
Speaking further, Prof Horsfall said, “On 24 February 2010, Yar’Adua
returned to Abuja under the cover of darkness. His state of health was
unclear, but there were speculations that he was still on a life support
machine, but unfortunately, Yar’Adua died on 5 May at the Aso Rock
Presidential Villa.
“There were reactions here and there.
“So, whatever is happening to Buhari is not different from what we
know or what we have seen, heard or experienced. We may be looking at
Yar’adua’s scenario,” the Professor added.
Similarly, a medical practitioner with one of the government
hospitals in Abuja, spoke on condition of anonymity saying, “Just like
Wole Soyinka said during Yar’adua’s time, ‘all power in heaven and on
earth belongs to God.’
“Playing politics at the expense of someone’s health? No matter how
much strength the Presidency thinks Buhari has, he is only human and old
for that matter; they should know that the politics of Do-or-Die cannot
guarantee who dies or who doesn’t. They must stop playing God.
“In Yar’adua’s time, there was issue of signing or no signing budget.
This man was critically ill and a living corpse already who was on life
support. Yet, their people said they went to Saudi or wherever Yar’adua
was and he (Yar’adua) signed the budget.
“Of course, we knew it was a fake signature, they put it there but
the senators (David Mark) looked away then because they wanted the
country to be running. At that time, those of us close to government
knew something was definitely wrong because it was not funny.
“So, for this one, just like they leaked the letter that Buhari sent
to Babachir Lawal, then someone should be able to get hold of the letter
that Buhari wrote to NASS, extending his vacation or based on request,
let us see the letter with Buhari’s signature because we don’t want a
situation where we really don’t know what is going on.
“When people get to know all these facts, trust me, the Presidency
will start running helter skelter because they will understand that
people have started calculating and using their brains. I was expecting
the president won’t extend his stay but now that he has, it just
confirms to me that they think Nigerians are stupid.
“That excuse was too dumb…waiting to collect investigation results?
Where is he sitting to wait for the result? Is it in front of the
consulting room or the laboratory?,” he quizzed rhetorically.
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