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| Dr. Junaid Mohammed |
With the dust yet to settle over an interview Aisha Buhari granted the British Broadcasting Corporation, a Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, has stated that the President’s recent trip to Germany was for medical reasons.
Mohammed, a Russian-trained medical doctor, revealed this in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday.
Mrs. Buhari had accused an unnamed
cabal, made up of individuals who were not part of the struggle for
Buhari’s emergence as president, of having hijacked the Presidency.
Expressing her frustration, Mrs. Buhari
threatened not to support any attempt by her husband to re-contest in
2019 if things do not change.
Mohammed alleged that the president’s
handlers were making similar mistakes committed by those who served as
close advisers to ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua.
According to him, Buhari was in Germany
to receive treatment for an undisclosed ailment but his handlers
arranged a state visit in an attempt to mask the truth.
Mohammed said, “The reason the president
travelled to Germany was not what it was advertised to be. The trip is
basically a medical trip. It was undertaken for medical reasons. It was
only converted to a state visit as an afterthought and that tells you
the level of contempt the handlers of the president have for Nigerians.
We blamed the handlers of Yar’Adua for the way they kept his ailment
secret.
“Now, Nigerians have a big surprise
awaiting them. They have not been told the truth about the real state of
the man’s (Buhari) health. He is our president. Nigerians elected him
into office and we must never allow individuals to play with our
intelligence and do something stupid and dangerous to our country. I
hope and pray that next time, the Nigerian people would be told the
truth. It’s a medical trip; they (handlers) issued statements to
camouflage the real reason behind the trip.”
The former lawmaker stated that those
behind the cover-up did not love the president more than Nigerians who
voted him into office.
Mohammed also accused those criticising Mrs. Buhari of hypocrisy.
He pointed out that although most of the
people would not like to admit it, a good number of them including
members of the All Progressives Congress who have been denied access to
Buhari, had taken their case to her as a last resort.
“The president’s wife as far as I am
concerned, did not speak out for any personal gain. She has her
husband’s best interest at heart. I have no doubt she is in touch with
ordinary Nigerians and enjoys the confidence of many and she chose to
speak for them. Although she exercised a lot of restraint by refusing to
name names, we all know that Mamman Daura does not have a voter card,”
he said.
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