‘If Buhari is sick, it means all of us are sick’

The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has ascribed President Muhammadu Buhari’s sickness to mean that Nigerians and the country itself are equally sick.

Ortom made this declaration during an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.

The Benue State governor, who was among the seven governors that visited the President in London on behalf of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) last week, called on Nigerians not to cease in their prayers for their ailing leader because “Once the President is sick, the whole country is sick.”

Ortom said, “I was the first person that initiated prayers and I shouted hallelujah when I saw him because God has answered my prayers. I urge both Christians and Muslims to pray for Mr. President because that is our duty.

“There is no power without God’s ordination. So those of us who are subjects should continue to pray. We should not be castigating Mr. President or wishing him evil.

“We should be praying for him. If Mr. President is sick, it means all of us are sick; the whole country is sick. It is our responsibility to pray that Mr. President get well so that our country too will be well.

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“Mr. President is doing well. When we saw him, he was not in a wheelchair, he was not bedridden. He greeted us, we cracked jokes and he was mentally alert. We discussed about the security situation in the country and he asked us questions about what we are doing.

“Our prayer is that God will consummate his healing. We asked him not to hurry because there is no vacuum. The Acting President is holding forth for him and he is doing very well. By the grace of God, I believe that very soon, he will be with us.”

This week makes it three months since Buhari left the country on May 7 for a follow-up treatment in London, having earlier spent 49 days for medical vacation in the UK.

Ebere Ndukwu …

 

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