Standup9ja: Villa staff put on standby for Buhari’s return
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo SAN (5th right); Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama(4th right); Minister of Defence, Brig Gen
Mansur Dan Ali (3rd right); Chief of Defence Staff, General Olonisakin Abayomi
(2nd right); Nigeria’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the African
Union and Chairperson of AU Peace and Security Council for Month of July, Amb
Bankole Adeoye (6th right) and others during a meeting with AU Peace and
Security Council delegation at the State House in Abuja
All is now set for President Muhammadu Buhari’s return from
the United Kingdom as State House staff have been put on standby.
Standup9ja learnt that some family members of the president
and his wife’s security aides arrived Abuja yesterday.
An aide to the wife of the president hinted that Mrs Aisha
Buhari might also return to Nigeria Wednesday.
President Buhari has been in the United Kingdom since May 7
undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
Mrs Buhari’s aide said: “The information just reached me now
from the wife of the president, that everything is set for the return of Mr
President to Nigeria. Already, some of the president’s family members and
security aides of madam (Aisha Buhari) have just returned from London.
“The wife of the president may either leave London on
Wednesday or decide to come home with the president anytime soon. We have been
told to be on standby because Mr President is returning any time soon this
week.”
Some staff of the State House, including security
operatives, also said they got a directive yesterday, asking them to be on
standby for the president’s return.
The staff, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition
of anonymity, however added that the directive did not contain any specific
date for the president’s return.
“We were only instructed to be ready for the return of the
president at any moment. No specific date has been mentioned to us,” one of the
staff said.
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, had last Tuesday
quoted Buhari to have told the president of Guinea, Alpha Conde that he was
making good progress and that he would return to his duties as soon as doctors
advise.
Yesterday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Buhari received a goodwill message from
the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
Shehu, in a statement, quoted the CAN President, Rev Samson
Ayokunle, as describing the news of Buhari’s recovery as “a rejuvenation of
hope” and congratulating Nigerians “on the joy of having their president back
soon.”
Shehu said: “Such messages of goodwill from respected
religious bodies like CAN meant so much at a time, when people with ill
intentions were struggling to divide the country along religious lines. He also
thanked the CAN for its continued prayers for the President’s health.
“The Presidency looks forward to further collaborations with
CAN to ensure that Nigerians of all ethnic and religious groups benefit from
the policies of the President Buhari administration which are aimed at
improving the welfare of every single citizen of our great country.”
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