was making “a miraculous recovery.” She then wrote Facebook updates warning the “jackals and hyenas” based in Abuja that the “King of the Animal Kingdom” would soon return and send them packing.
The same day, the president’s daughter, Zarah, took to Twitter to claim that her father was in great shape.
A few days later, acting President Osinbajo snuck out of Abuja for a one-on-one meeting with Mr. Buhari. On his return, he asserted that Mr. Buhari was in great shape, was recovering quite fast and would soon be back.
Despite those inflated claims, SaharaReporters learnt that the cabal was not quite satisfied with Mr. Osinbajo’s body language as he relayed the message to Nigerians. Some cabal insiders alleged that the acting President’s close aides had leaked information to the media, especially SaharaReporters, that Mr. Buhari was far from a picture of great shape.
SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Osinbajo encountered a highly emaciated and feeble Buhari who could not speak coherently. It was no surprise that the acting President did not bring back with him any audio, video or photo of the meeting.
On July 23, 2017, a few days after Osibanjo returned, the cabal arranged a visit by handpicked party leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Led by Odigie Oyegun, the visiting party included some governors and ministers. The meeting managed to produce a single photo showing Buhari sitting at the edge of the table, but without partaking in the feast.
The single photo perhaps caused greater harm than was anticipated.
Almost immediately, an announcement was made that seven governors of the APC as well as others handpicked from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) were to visit Mr. Buhari in London on July 26, 2017. Led by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, the governors gushed about Mr. Buhari’s recovery. They also claimed that their meeting with him lasted almost an hour and that the president discussed issues of national importance, a ploy to give the impression that he was closely monitoring events at home.
A bunch of photographs showed Mr. Buhari smiling. Even so, no single video or audio was presented to Nigerians from all the visits. Nor could any of the visitors tell when Mr. Buhari would return home.
Saharareporters also learnt former President Olusegun Obasanjo also visited Buhari in London in the company of former Osun state, Gov. Olagunsoye Oyinlola, although Obasanjo is yet to make a public pronouncement on the trip.
Several sources told SaharaReporters that the highly publicized visits were designed to create the appearance that Mr. Buhari was regaining his health and was prepared to resume in office.
Yet, our sources revealed that Mr. Buhari’s ability to receive visitors was no indication of improved health, but came after his completion of a course of treatment that lasted three months. According to the source, since the completion of that course of treatment, Mr. Buhari occasionally enjoys momentary relief. “He can see people and sit for a little bit of time, but that does not mean he is healed as his doctors are yet to conclude that he is free of the disease afflicting him,” one of the sources said. They added that the
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