Senior
Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi
Adesina has admitted that he is not directly in touch with the president
as rumours of the president's state of health heightens.
Buhari & Adesina
While speaking in an exclusive interview on Channels TV this
Tuesday morning, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu
Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has admitted that he is not
directly in touch with the president, adding that he only speaks with
those around him in London.
“Daily. I am not saying I speak with him directly but I am in touch with London daily. People around him, we speak daily,” he said
Speaking further, Femi said he does not know when President Buhari will be coming back
“In his communication to the National Assembly, that was not
indicated. We just have to stay with what he has told us but what I will
just say is that the President may be coming back sooner than people
think because we hear all the rumors, we see all the malice, all the
mischief against the President. All those people will be surprised. The
President may be coming back sooner than they think.”
Femi said no one can compare the Yar’Adua scenario with what is happening to President Buhari now.
“You can’t compare the Yar’Adua scenario/saga with what is
happening now. Then you could ask for daily updates because the
President left the country without anybody been told where he was headed
and why he was going there. Two, he did not transfer power to his then
deputy, the Vice President.
"That is not the situation now. When the President was leaving
on January 19th, we issued a statement. He was going on vacation and he
would do routine medical checkups. Now when those medical checkups need
to be extended, we also announced it that because he needed to still do
more and get the results, he has asked for an extension. and then three,
power has been transferred to the Vice President who is the Acting
President,” he said.
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