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Again, Saraki, Dogara visit Buhari in London
Ailing President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received Senate President Bukola Saraki and the House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara in London.
The visit of the two leaders of the National Assembly was made known in a tweet posted on the twitter account of the Presidency on Thursday.
The tweet read, “President @MBuhari today received Senate President @bukolasaraki and Speaker, House of Representatives @YakubDogara in Abuja House, London.”
Saraki and Dogara’s visit is coming just after the former spokesman of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben Abati, in a recent article decried the recent flood of visits to Buhari by some political leaders and the president’s aides.
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In the article entitled, “Buhari’s reunion with his media team” Abati had said, “it is ridiculous and insensitive that government officials are now visiting the President in medical exile, with some of them posing for photo-ops with their children.
“Our President should not be turned into a tourist attraction and the Abuja House in London should not become a museum.”
Today makes it 102 days since Buhari returned to London for a follow-up treatment. He was quoted recently as saying that he would not be returning to Nigeria until he is asked to do so by his London doctors.
Buhari had earlier spent 49 days in London for an ailment that is yet to be made public.
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Animashaun Ayodeji
August 18, 2017 at 8:47 am
Abati is very right, Buhari has the turned himself into tourist attraction and the London house into a museum, wevare not just noticing it
yanju omotodun
August 18, 2017 at 4:01 pm
Then we start receiving revenue from people who go visit him in London as part of making money through tourism
JOHNSON PETER
August 18, 2017 at 12:19 pm
Nigeria will always make history. First president in the world to be ruling from oversea is buhari, foolish country but Biafra is here
yanju omotodun
August 18, 2017 at 4:00 pm
Where is the Biafra Johnson, forget it, look beyond
Anita Kingsley
August 18, 2017 at 2:43 pm
The lawmakers are now having secret settings in Aso Villa that’s in London or why the continuous visit to the president? If they cannot make their reasons for visiting him public, they should stop announcing their visit.
seyi jelili
August 18, 2017 at 4:51 pm
Everyone visiting him never told us their plans so don’t bring issues out of it
Abeni Adebisi
August 18, 2017 at 2:57 pm
This isn’t making sense anymore, Buhari is there in London and Nigerian lawmakers are going to him for what they’ve refused to disclose! What is wrong with them having a telephone or conference call with him? Must they ridicule the Red chamber because they want to make Buhari feel important?