by Eze Eluchie,
Have you
seen the man whose picture appears below?
Mohammadu
Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was last seen in public
by Nigerians boarding a Presidential jet at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja,
Nigeria, ostensibly for a 10-day vacation in the United Kingdom.
The 10-day
vacation expired on Monday, 2nd February 2017. Mr. Buhari failed to
return to Nigeria, show cause why he did not return as he had earlier stated,
and continued to maintain an ominous silence towards the people of the
contraption over which he ‘presides’.
Since the
public departure on the 19th of January 2017, several suspicious
photographs have been published by the Nigerian federal Government ostensibly
to convince Nigerians and the wider international community that Mr. Buhari is
alive and healthy.
Following
the unsavoury precedent which occurred during the dying days and eventual death
of former President Yar’Adua when the former President had also undertaken a
‘medical vacation’ to Germany and Nigeria was ostensibly ruled for a period of
time by a combination of the trio of the widow and senior security officials
and the corpse of the then deceased President, Nigerians are expectedly
apprehensive that history may be repeating itself.
If you have
seen the Nigerian President, kindly get in touch with any Nigerian (not
Nigeria’s federal Government or any of Nigeria’s foreign missions) or
preferably take a picture of him and post on the various social media sites. In
taking such pictures, you must ensure that the man whose picture appears below
is captured in a manner that depicts the date the picture was taken.
The Nigerian
President is wanted back home to basically come and complete his tenure, a
tenure which has thus far, in its less than 18 months of nightmarish existence,
turned around what was once the largest and fastest growing economy in the
African continent to an economy in a vicious recession; increased divides along
ethno-religious lines amongst the various peoples of Nigeria; witnessed the
enthronement of deception and sly propaganda as a cardinal fulcrum of
governance. Buhari should come back and
repair this mess he created, fostered and encouraged. If otherwise, the
contraption will forge on.
It is also
hoped, whether Mr. Buhari eventually returns back to office or answers the
ultimate call of nature, that the Nigerian contraption spares itself of this
seemingly endless embarrassment of senior government officials junketing to
foreign lands to cater for basic health care needs. A territory which is
forever enmeshed in seeking to know the whereabouts of its President is not
likely to inspire much confidence in foreign investors.
When one
recollects that in the 1960’s, the Saudi Royal family used to visit the
University College Hospital, Ibadan, for their health care and medical needs,
then one truly appreciates how far the Nigerian contraption has sunk and
continues to sink.
Picture: One of the
pictures of President Buhari released by Nigeria’s Federal Government as proof
of the President being in good health in his London, UK, residence.
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