President working from London – Kachikwu

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May 23, 2017 11:27 AM

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu also said he’s not aware of the details of Buhari’s health challenges.

Nigerian troops have been told not to get involved in politics in a warning which comes with President Muhammadu Buhari currently in London for treatment for an undisclosed condition

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources,

Kachikwu also said he’s not aware of the details of Buhari’s health challenges.

The minister made the comments on Monday, May 22, during an appearance on BBC HardTalk with Stephen Sackur.

“Yes, he is in London. He is undergoing hospital treatment… I don’t know the details of that and I obviously wouldn’t know. But let me say this, he returned from his first trip in London, even though the doctors advised him to have some rest,” Kachikwu said.

“He’s back to London and he has continued some levels of meetings and has been able to play some roles. He has a very efficient vice-president who is sitting in for him in his absence. It really hasn’t made much of a difference.

“Well, we’ve heard rumours in Nigeria about sick presidents off and on, most of them sometimes not quite correct. Will he be able to lead Nigeria? I think looking at the sort of conversations I had with him when he came back, he was strong enough to do his work, struggled a bit in terms of trying to fully recover.

“Nobody plans on illness, it happens. He has an efficient number two man; the system works, that’s the whole essence of democracy. He’s on top of his abilities to be able to issue policies and to be able to approve what he needs to be approved,” he added.

Buhari, on May 7, travelled to London for an indefinite medical vacation to treat an undisclosed illness.

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The president has been ill since January when he went to London for a 10-day medical vacation which ended up lasting 49 days.

Buhari admitted, upon his return in March, that he had never been so sick in his entire life.

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