Reports according to Independent
Despite several months of medication and intensive care in the United
Kingdom (UK), President Muhammadu Buhari’s doctors are yet to diagnose
what the president’s illness is all about…..
A credible source in the presidency, despite series of tests and
treatments from renowned medical practitioners both within and outside
the UK, nobody has been able to pinpoint what ails the president except
that he has completely lost his appetite for food.
The failure of
the presidency to tell Nigerians the actual state of health of the
president has fueled speculations in the country with many alleging that
the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is guilty of what it accused
the then ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) when the
late President Umaru Yar’Adua held sway.
But according to the
source, “Those accusing the presidency of being economical with the
truth on the actual state of health of the president are missing the
point because you can only disclose what you know.
“As at today,
nobody knows the kind of ailment battling Mr. President. Even his
doctors in the UK don’t know what is wrong with him. Lots of tests have
been done; in fact they have done everything humanly possible but they
still can’t detect what is wrong with him. That is why the doctors have
decided to place him under long observation to see if they can diagnose
what is wrong with him on the long run.
“For those of us who are
close to President Buhari, he can’t stay for a long time without food.
He doesn’t have the endurance for long fasting and that is why those
referring to him as a religious fanatic are wrong. Here is a man who
doesn’t joke with his food but suddenly once he takes a spoon, he throws
up. And you know if you don’t eat for a long time, you become weak and
emaciated.
“When the condition became critical, they have to
devise other means of feeding him, but we’re happy at the level of
significant progress he has made in the last couple of weeks”, he said.
He also debunked
the claim by some online news media that the president is being treated
for acute prostate cancer or battling with Crohn’s disease, a medical
condition that could have affected his digestive system.
“From the
information we have, every organ of the president is working perfectly.
The only problem is his inability to eat well due to loss of appetite.
That is why some people are alleging that the president may have been
poisoned or under some kind of spiritual attack”, he noted.
Edited from IndependentNG