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Only President can say what exactly is wrong with him – Femi Adesina

President Buhari's aide, Femi Adesina has said only the president is capable of explaining exactly what is wrong with his health.

Presidential media aides, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu speak to protesters at the Presidential Villa on August 17, 2015.

In an interaction with Tribune on the state of the President's health, Adesina said “It is only the president himself that can declare that.

"And when he came back from London on March 10, he said it that he had never been that sick in his life. That is a declaration of his health status.

“It is within his prerogative to do that. Nobody can do it for him. Not even the doctors treating him can do it for him. Under the Hippocratic Oath, nobody can do it except the patient.

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“Nobody; under the Hippocratic Oath, it says that even the doctor has no right to reveal the health status of his patient to anybody. So, it’s only Mr President that can say what exactly is wrong with him.

“Don’t forget that in June last year, he went abroad to treat an ear problem. That ear problem had first been treated here in Nigeria and then, when he was going on vacation, he used that opportunity to also consult specialists in London.

“When he came back, he told the country that this was what was wrong with him. So, the prerogative is his own to disclose and if he wants to disclose, he will. But nobody should be asking him to do it. That would be an infringement on his right.”

“If anybody has put himself in suspense, he’s just doing it for himself because it’s not necessary. The law does not compel a president to reveal what is wrong with him. It does not.”

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This is coming hours after it was reported that the Federal Government won't be giving update on the treatment or health status of the President while in London.

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