Until the day
President Muhammadu Buhari traveled to London for 10 days medical vacation,
very few privileged Nigerians knew what exactly prompted his sudden and largely
unprepared journey to the UK.
But is it clear to those that are privy to some
pieces of information regarding his health that the president, like many others
in his age, is having some health challenges even before becoming the president
and has been visiting the United Kingdom from time to time for medical
evaluation and treatment
DESERT HERALD
can report that his condition since then has been very stable, manageable and
not life threatening.
According to
a credible insider Mr. Buhari’s known sickness then was prostate cancer, a
common disease among men of his age. Prostate cancer is cancer (abnormal
growth) of the prostate gland in men; sometimes, this situation requires
surgery. In Radical Prostatectomy, the surgeon addresses the prostate cancer by
removing the entire prostate gland. This surgery can be performed in many ways,
such as laparoscopically (minimally-invasive), traditional open surgery, or
using robots during the surgery. In all these variations, incisions are made in
the patient’s body, and the prostate gland is removed. Even after removing it
patients require periodic medical checkups and medications.
BUHARI’S
RETURN
It was a big
sigh of relief to many Nigerians particularly admirers of Mr. Buhari when he
returned to the country after fifty days in the UK attending to his health.
Apart from some occasional unnecessary publicity that made the issue
controversial, those that manage issues of his health at the UK under Mamman
Daura did a very good job not only for creating suspense in the minds of
particularly critics and those that might be after his life but for resisting
the pressure that the president must speak directly to the nation or to
convince the nation that all is well with the No.1 citizen.
While Mr.
Buhari appeared highly emaciated on return recently, fueling speculation that
he is far from recovery, his appearance Monday the day he resumed after resting
during the weekend at the Villa has comforted many skeptical Nigerians that all
is now well with the president.
Is everything
well with the president now or he is still in a fragile situation? Is he likely
to survive whatever sickness that is affecting him?
THE THREATS
AGAINST BUHARI
It is obvious
that Mr. Buhari has either underestimated the extent of those he became a
threat to can go in attempts to frustrate or even destroy him, or he has taken
so many things for granted. He might also have entrusted sensitive
responsibilities in people that either lack sufficient knowledge of their jobs
or those than can easily be used and compromised. Clearly, the threats are many
and from all directions. Many of them are avoidable and would have prevented
unnecessary distraction from the mission and vision he set for himself to
achieve as a president.
First, there
is the Shiite issue and the Iranian connection. For those that know the
Shiites, it’s ideology, connection, cult like followership and influence in
almost every part of the Nigerian society, the Zaria killings would have been
prevented by all means while the aftermath that saw the arrest of its leader
and many others wouldn’t have been so mismanaged at the instance of the
president.
While the
Shiite issue has become a serious national security dilemma, the approach of
the president and the government’s handling of the massacre of its members and
the continued incarceration of its spiritual leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky,
despite court orders according to many will not in any way solve the problem
especially for a government that has a mandate of only four years and maximum
of eight years if and when re-elected.
The
government appears to be in a dilemma on the issue of El-Zakzaky because the
Shiite leader according to credible sources was badly manhandled and now almost
incapacitated. The fear of releasing El-Zakzaky and seeing him in his new look
and what it may trigger among his followers is also an issue of concern for the
Federal Government while the Shiite movement has undoubtedly become a serious
national security issue and a time bomb. The Iranian Government is clearly not
happy with President Buhari on El-Zakzaky and the handling of the Shiite issue
in Nigeria.
The second
factor that exposes Mr. Buhari to danger is his anti-corruption crusade. Though
noble l and highly commendable, his detractors mostly the powerful corrupt
elements read betrayal and vendetta in it. They said the president had during
the campaign promised to draw the lines in his anti-corruption war and concentrate
from where he starts but failed to do so on assumption of office, extending the
fight against corruption to the immediate past regime of Mr. Goodluck Jonathan.
They said
while the arms probe has affected many, those close to the president like the
minister of interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau (rtd), were not affected
thereby reading selectivity and vendetta. Casualties of the anti-corruption war
like Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), Air Marshal Alex Bade, Dame Patience Jonathan and
many others are so powerful, connected and rich and hence pose a threat to Mr.
Buhari. They know the secrets of the Villa more than the present occupants.
The issue of
Nnamdi Kanu, his continued incarceration and the ambition of many politicians
particularly those demonstrating ‘loyalty’ to the president and hoping to
benefit if he dies are also factors of threat against Mr. Buhari.
THE VISIT OF
BISHOP JUSTIN WELBY TO BUHARI
Even though
there were insinuations that President Buhari might have been poisoned, it
remains speculative as there is no official confirmation to that. The doctors
at the United Kingdom, DESERT HERALD can reveal, had done so much and have
tried their best to the almost unconscious Buhari. While the president and some
selected members of his inner caucus, precisely Mallam Mamman Daura, were said
to have been informed and are aware of what actually happened, credible sources
confided in this medium that the visit of the world leader of the Anglican
Church and Bishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to Mr. Buhari a day before he
arrives Nigeria is not just an ordinary visit for felicitation and goodwill as
reported in the media.
The source told DESERT HERALD that Bishop Welby, who is
reportedly highly connected in the British intelligence community and allegedly
an agent of MI6 has confirmed to Buhari during his visit that he was indeed
poisoned. The poison, according to medical sources, is enough to kill the
president or make him permanently incapacitated. His survival to date is like a
miracle to even his doctors.
DESERT HERALD
was told that the president is not yet free from danger and that some of the
powerful gladiators in the country, especially some that might be connected to
the poison conspiracy directly or indirectly, are fully aware and keenly
following up developments. President Buhari after his arrival left no one in
doubt that he will be frequenting London to attend to his health which suggests
the gravity of the illness.
While the
same source confided that apart from the prostate cancer, Buhari had lately developed
other illnesses which DESERT HERALD cannot mention now because it could not
verify it as at the time of going to press. Experts interviewed by this paper
said even if Buhari is suffering from other life threatening disease(s) it is
highly unlikely with the quality of medical attention he is receiving to be in
the terrible condition he was while in London.
In the cause
of our investigation some of those close to the president have attributed his
fallen health to a prolonged heart disease, while others said he also has a
lever problem which they said was the reason why Buhari undergo blood
transfusion at the UK and that he may require more in the future.
Some have
confided that he has been using a heart support device called pacemaker for
sometime. A pacemaker is a small device that’s placed in the chest or abdomen
to help control abnormal heart rhythms. The device uses low-energy electrical
pulses to prompt the heart to beat at a normal rate. Pacemakers are used to
treat arrhythmias. Arrhythmias are problems with the rate or rhythm of the
heartbeat.
Heart, lever
and even kidney patients often undergo blood transfusion as Buhari did.
Many people
who have surgery need blood transfusions because they lose blood during their
operations. For example, about one-third of all heart surgery patients have a
transfusion. Whether Buhari’s case has anything to do with any of the above
diseases will be left for unfolding developments and investigations to
determine, but what is almost certain for now is the conspiracy of alleged
poisoning which DESERT HERALD is reporting.
Source
DESERT HERALD
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