Comparing Buhari's Case to Yar'Adua's is Useless- Presidency
Presidential Spokesman Shehu Garba has dismissed an article by a Nigerian historian, Max Siollun, which speculates that Nigeria faces im...
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Presidential Spokesman Shehu Garba has dismissed an article by a
Nigerian historian, Max Siollun, which speculates that Nigeria faces
imminent political and constitutional crisis on account of President
Buhari’s absence to attend to his health in London.
According to him, the “needlessly sensational and exaggerated speculations by conspiracy theorists” are misleading to compare President Buhari’s case to that of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, He said that the circumstances are completely different.
“While Yar’Adua was too severely ill to transmit a letter formally to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Buhari is not in such medical state, and therefore, the country is not currently facing any complications on account of his absence.”
The media aide noted that under Yar’Adua, there was uncertainty about the role of the Vice President because the late President was not in a position to formally transfer power to his deputy, which necessitated the resort to the doctrine of necessity to enable Dr. Goodluck Jonathan act in his absence.
Malam Shehu explained that, currently, none of these circumstances prevail in Nigeria on account of Buhari’s absence for medical treatment.
According to him, the “needlessly sensational and exaggerated speculations by conspiracy theorists” are misleading to compare President Buhari’s case to that of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, He said that the circumstances are completely different.
“While Yar’Adua was too severely ill to transmit a letter formally to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Buhari is not in such medical state, and therefore, the country is not currently facing any complications on account of his absence.”
The media aide noted that under Yar’Adua, there was uncertainty about the role of the Vice President because the late President was not in a position to formally transfer power to his deputy, which necessitated the resort to the doctrine of necessity to enable Dr. Goodluck Jonathan act in his absence.
Malam Shehu explained that, currently, none of these circumstances prevail in Nigeria on account of Buhari’s absence for medical treatment.
