A
Nigerian lawmaker reported to be close to President Buhari has cleared
the air on the paramount death rumours surrounding the First Man of the
country.
Senator Abu Ibrahim
Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Abu Ibrahim,
All Progressives Congress, APC, Katsina South said Tuesday that
President Muhammadu Buhari was not sick, but only exhausted as a human
being.
Senator Ibrahim who is one of the closest Senators to President
Buhari said that those spreading the rumour that President Buhari is
sick missed the point, just as he stressed that the weight of the
country’s mounting problems exhausted him, according to the Vanguard.
He reeled out issues that might have taken a toll on the President
which include destruction of oil pipe line that has reduced production
to almost half, fall in oil price that has affected the economy and led
to recession, and the falling exchange rate that has affected the
purchasing power of most Nigerians, adding that some of those talking
about the falling exchange rate fail to also talk about what led to weak
Naira against the Dollar.
Senator Ibrahim who noted that he has been in constant touch with
President Buhari, said that he was actually with him the day the
president left the country.
Speaking to Journalists Tuesday when he was accosted at the
National Assembly lobby, Senator Ibrahim said that every Nigerian is
aware of the zeal and passion President Buhari came into office with,
adding, “President Buhari will soon come back” noted that there
was no need for Nigerians to be unduly apprehensive because Mr.
President is not sick but exhausted by the weight of the problems the
country is going through.
He however urged Nigerians to continue to pray for the President to
come home and continue his work to put the country in a better footing,
adding that Nigerians have the right to list what they wanted the
President to do when he is back home.
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