President Muhammadu Buhari is ill and is being treated at the presidential villa, Premium Times can authoritatively report.
The president has an infection in his left ear, otherwise called Meniere Disease, a challenge which has drastically reduced his outings in the last one week.
As a result of the infection, the president now suffers hearing impairment and routinely complains of severe pains and unusual sounds from that ear, those familiar with his condition told Premium Times.
Mr. Buhari had on three recent occasions cancelled official trips within and outside the country due to the infection and was represented at those events by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
A statement by the presidency on Friday said the vice president would again represent the president at the 48th Ordinary Summit of Head of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) holding this weekend in Dakar, Senegal.
The statement by Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the vice president, said Mr. Osinbajo would leave for Dakar on Friday and was expected back in Abuja on Sunday.
Multiple sources in the Presidency told this newspaper Friday that the president got the ear infection about two weeks ago.
Our sources said apart from his family, only a few high profile individuals who visited at the Presidential Villa in the last one week were aware of the president’s illness.
Mr. Buhari, who clocked 73 last December, was said to have confirmed it to some dignitaries who visited him in the past days, explaining to some of them that that was why he was unable to visit Lagos and Rivers as scheduled.
He was also said to have told some of his guests that he was struggling to give his failing health a major attention.
He is currently being treated by his personal physician and other experts from the State House Clinic, our sources said.
An official said the president might seek treatment abroad if his condition does not improve in the next few days.
Despite hearing difficulty, the president, our sources said, managed to attend Jumaat service and host some important visitors, including former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan as well as some clergymen on Friday.
Presidential spokespersons could not be reached to comment for this story on Friday night.
While calls to the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, failed to go through, Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on media and publicity did not answer or return calls.
Media reports first hinted of the president’s illness two weeks ago when he was billed to visit Lagos.
Mr. Osinbajo represented him on that visit.
The vice president also represented the president in Papua New Guinea last weekend where the 8th Summit of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States held.
Mr. Buhari on Thursday put off his scheduled trip to Rivers State where he was billed to kick off the cleanup of Ogoni land as recommended by the United Nations Environmental Programme.
Again, Mr. Osinbajo represented him at the event.
Let him die
God punish d writter….. Back to sender is ur name
God punish ur father BUHARI will rule your ads for eternity. Go and give thanks because your father will die in his place or even you just mark my work.he’s there to clean Nigeria from evil people so he has long years to spend stop jubilation.
God punish ur father BUHARI will rule your ads for eternity. Go and give thanks because your father will die in his place or even you just mark my work.he’s there to clean Nigeria from evil people so he has long years to spend stop jubilation.
im sure you are a saint too na…as a matter of fact, you’ve not committed any wrong doing. maybe if i start cursing you as well, you’ll smile.
You shall not see end of this year.in Jesus name as you wish him death so death shall begin to hunt you from today.
Hmmm is he really sick or rumors? Someone dat visited d Christians became sick over night, na waw! Those saying his wicked nd wishing him not to recover i pity u all, do u all think dat ruling even a community is easy talk more of a country, u all should use ur brain… To me i don’t think buhari is d cause of all dis mess. I rest my case
Let him Die so that all these fulanis will stop killing and raping our mothers in the village.
You shall not see.the.end of this year as you wish him dead
Wether u like it or not he is ur president, u owe those in authority prayers so pray for him.
Aboki why God? Abi u forgot you were supose to say Allah . ZOO PPLE. Buhari rip
What comes around goes around if you think you are more better than he is or your challenges are greater than what he’s trying to fix then it’s a pity.
Get head soon huh sorry well I mean
I hate northerners wit passion I dnt know why !’n
Pls come to Dusseldorf and let specialist take care of that problem for once.. get well soon my President
How u treat others is how u will be treated. He blamed Jonathan for one year and called his administration all sorts of things. But I don’t wish people death, if what we sew is what we reap then I believe. U can’t blame them for being heartless at this stage in our lives where all we have as a nation is falling apart.
Which of the Holy book stated that we should wish death to the sick?
The igbos are been slaughtered like chicken and he’s doing nothing about it because he’s in support of it… The Niger deltas are crippling Nigeria’s economy, all because of him and his heartless government… if you see where they are carrying Somebody else corpse, it will look like a wood to you… Until the death hits one of your family member then you will feel the agony many igbos are passing through because of this man.
May God strike dat ur hand dat u used to write dis nonsense #fool
Lols surely it will happen.
stop cryin cos he s gone already
oboy nah gud news b dat oooo thank God
Just like your dad Makiba Ngu
Stupid guy .
first, death is not an easy thing to see, you think i always smile when they bomb also?
second, death wont hit any of my family members and u can stop talking crap…you even pointed out- the naija deltas are crippling the economy and you blame the president for that also. some of you are so disgusting to the extent of insulting him as a muslim..if you think the president is to be blamed for what we cause by and with our own hands…I’m sorry for you.
God bless you
Child, be quiet Ibrahim Dende
Child, be quiet Ibrahim Dende
Wasiu Stainless Oladiplenty you will not see end of this month in jesus name
I don’t know why y’all gon bring what’s affecting your life stupidity along to Fb
Is buhari the cause of your misfortune??
Did he ask your father to be poor?
Good news make him die at onec na only hausa no want am to die
You also need to wonder why they all want to die in the seat of government?
Those jobless kids with no life or future blowing up pipelines re they buhari’s children???? …. They re children of foolish adults like you who lack manners themselves Nd their children learn from their terrible life Nd start living a miserable life like their parents too
Na which Yoruba person report this thing? …..”Breaking News: President Buhari Is Sick, Reliable sources have confirmed that he his currently been treated” SIC…LMAO.
So he his sick…so what his wrong with him?
Please go and with buhari
d useless idiot will soon #kpemee#
abi…those blowing up pipelines are buhari’s children..you people won’t point to the real bad people. you’ll be pointing to someone who cracks his head minute by minute. we are killing ourselves and blaming someone for it…u think Americans wait for obama to make someone pay for their wrong doings? they blow up pipelines and kill innocent people…u talk like buhari did it himself.
God bless Buhari , take car of yourself , Nigeria need you
Tosin or wateva de call u y can’t u respect urself for once
He is ur president.nt buhari,i saw his glorious exit poster yesterday
He has meniere disease… Its an ear infection. That he met with OBJ and Gej yesterday doesn’t mean he is not I’ll. Even the sick get visited
Innocent blood r dying bc of hunger a
My God of d grace I dwell wit give him quick recovery in jesus name: u r healed 4rm all weakness,be strong Sir
awon useless people yii…maybe if he dies, they will stop raping and bombing.
What a glorious and joyful exit.buhari may u rest perfect peace
not true. pls d worst in lif is wishin ur felow death
Stop being silly… How can you be surviving from somebody’s land and won’t give them any compensation? The government has been training most of them in school until buhari entered with his heartlessness and stopped it… Most of those boys are in final year… If at all they are to start schooling again, they’ll have to start afresh… I believe you’re a student and you know the pressure. It even worth committing suicide… Playing with someone destiny… What kind of rubbish is dat? They only kill the soldiers that attack them and that is self defense
about to die. right
I see seat of Power changing direction by ending of this year. And this if not well managed when it presents itself will lead to uprising. Watch out for this!
Die already bitch!!.
May the greater course take effectiveness period.
He will die enventually and there’s no 2 ways about it #Ra . No man alive is an immortal
he would of course…but not by the tongue of mere humans.
Peter Okoye…..my broda dats one thing I still dnt understand sha.
Lol you dey here defending buhari as if he notices you? Shame on you Wasiu Stainless Oladiplenty. Maybe you think you too dey above death
Lol . The gay president obama. Buhari is even better than the coward
May almighty Allah give em good recovery
Plz god bless himu and be with him
And if he dies, I pray u leave 4 all eternity. Ameen
You think God is as foolish as you ‘re to just take away good person that is on mission?
Lolzzzzzz correct U0001f44d
All hope is lost for buharri, he is frustrated as plans doesn’t go well as planned during campaign.
correct that is true, if buhari die nobody gain frm it rather causes another pains in our heart
Make him die abeg
D pipeline belongs to us not urs northerns….
Please let not pray for this uneducated aboki, clueless and religious fanatic to die Cus the yorubans are warming up to take the government we shouldn’t pray for such to happen. let’s pray for sound health because with buhari the actualisation of biafran Republic will be fascinated by buhari cus he’s accentuating Biafra Republic to the world. With buhari Biafra will go. My president I pray for u quick recovery because its conspicuous that with your leadership Nigeria is at the verge of disintegration. Please we want you to witness this alive.
Very correct paman Pman Fedriche
My bible say pray for ur leaders weather good or bad
And my prayer he should get well soon and take the mantle God have giving to him again
pls is a sin to wish ur fellow human being death
Their land is their property… They are destroying their land because they have nothing to gain from it and they have never gain from it… Fighting for what is yours, is not terrorism.
Imagine what politicians have Cox to my dear country. Abused on each oda all Bcox of d while dier own children enjoying in various country, traveling all ova. As far as am concerned, no different btw yoruba n igbo/ hausa d koko na just to apply a common sense. If naija dey good n for all of us n if not still, n us. We should all stop d way n manner we address each oda on social media. Pray hard f d nation don’t wish oda ppl bad tins. Jonathan dey enjoy emslf now with hi family while we dey recharge just to comment or bring Ur anger on social media. Change of govt I either good or bad. Let’s be objective. God bless naija
Let him sick no big deal ok. The big deal is that a wife of somebody was beheaded in kano that is news ok
@sparrow Who are igbos? They are just paying for thier act useless tribe
U we sure die before him….u this bitch
He is a human being and subject to illness, so what is so special about the news?
See this idiot ooo
God bless u
if buhari is sick what my own die….mtcheeew
U have to say your mother not our mother okay….if buhari die Wat did u want to gain from it
Dis one no be breaking news….. he was buried some days ago
He should be taken to community health center amaegbuato nkpa for treatment…
Old news the man has been sick before election
Let him visit ogoniland before he will die oooo bloody man like him.
When is he dying?
Anyone wishing a fellow human death is reliable to judgement.The measure you give is what will get.
hope u live 4000 thousand year …….
If millions innocents Biafrans can die in his hands, I see nothing wrong if only him die.
ahahah lol no mind am
Pray he should nt die,God heal him God protect him&be his Guard .
Hmmm , see country, see citizens .., y’all
going through hell in that decayed nation
of yours, regardless of tribes, religions and
states of origin, y’all suffering .., Straight up !!
like buhari is the one raping them abi…bcos hes fulani, he has to bear the cross too? some people wont reason sha
Anybody who wish PMB die wl die by thunder nd fire IJN
Who said pmb wil neva be sick? Wishin him quick recovery.
It’s a pity!He focuses more on past issues than present and future ones, thereby making more enemies to himself than friends. Wishing him quick recovery.
Idrisu BaBa from your profile i can see that you’re a Cameroonian… My advice for you is that country issues are like family matters, you don’t pork nose if you know nothing about it… Name of the useless acts that warrants bloodshed of innocent people?
He will not die,God is going to protect him.
I need better BREAKING NEWS before Nigerians die finish
May God help him