SAHARAREPORTERS; BUHARI CANNOT EAT OR FEED; CONFIRMED

BUHARI SICK; CAN'T EAT OR FEED

Three insiders in the Presidency have told SaharaReporters
that President Muhammadu Buhari is being fed
intravenously as he has had severe difficulty eating and
drinking fluids for several days.
The sources also disclosed that, although President
Buhari's health had held up for a while after his return from
an extended medical vacation in the United Kingdom, his
condition has deteriorated in the last several weeks. They
pointed to Mr. Buhari's eating and drinking problems that
have left him too frail to leave his official residence at Aso
Rock Villa to attend any official functions.
Mr. Buhari has been unable to attend the weekly Federal
Executive Council (FEC) meeting three weeks in a row. Last
week he also failed to attend the Friday Juma'at prayers
because he had to undergo urgent medical treatment that
had him confined to a medical room secretly set up inside
the residential area of the villa.
President Buhari was also conspicuously absent from the
wedding of his influential personal aide, Tunde "Idiagbon"
Sabiu in Kaduna. The wedding, which was attended by
political movers and shakers of the Nigerian society,
became a scene for curious political power play. It became
clear at the wedding that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was
treated in a different light by opposing political interests
present at the wedding. While some of them showed
deference to Mr. Osinbajo, others seemed to pay him scant
attention, even to the point of shunning his presence.
SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Buhari's British doctors
had sent a medical team to the Villa to attend to him.
However, our sources revealed that the medical team
advised that the president should immediately return to the
United Kingdom to begin what they described as a slow,
complex and long-term treatment that could prolong his
life.
Four weeks ago, SaharaReporters disclosed that an
advance team from the Presidency traveled to the UK to
prepare for Mr. Buhari's imminent arrival there for medical
treatment. However, following moves by a cabal opposed to
their potential loss of political influence, the advance was
recalled to Abuja. Our sources named Chief of Staff Abba
Kyari as the anchor of the cabal which also includes
Mamman Daura, a businessman, and Mr. Buhari's
kinsman.
A week later, members of the Presidency's advance team
were once again issued with fresh tickets to travel via
Ethiopian Airlines, with the plan that Mr. Buhari would
depart to the UK on April 15th 2017 for a four-month-
long medical sojourn.
However, members of the cabal that wields enormous
power in the Presidency, have so far frustrated the
president's trip.
President Muhammadu Buhari
The Nigerian president and his handlers have declined to
reveal the nature of the ailment that has hobbled Mr. Buhari
over several months, rendering him incapable of attending
to matters of state with any regularity much less vigor.
However, different sources close to him told
Saharareporters that, in addition to prostrate issues, Mr.
Buhari is also dogged by Crohn’s disease, a medical
condition that has affected his digestive system.
Our various sources have said that Mr. Buhari's Crohn's
disease has had a devastating impact because of the
president's age. One source stated that Mr. Buhari, whose
official age is 74, may well be much older. At any rate, his
bouts of illness have had a telling effect on him, leaving him
gaunt, emaciated, feeble and debilitated.
One of our sources knowledgeable about President Buhari's
condition alleged that there was a massive coverup
orchestrated by a few aides and cronies of the ailing
Nigerian leader to fool the Nigerian public. "They feel that if
he [President Buhari] travels abroad, they will lose the
power and influence they wield when he is town," the
source said. However, the source accused the cabal of
being myopic and shortsighted, adding that they were fast-
tracking the president's demise by blocking his trip for
treatment abroad.
Our sources described the cabal as hellbent on throwing
Nigeria into a political crisis in a bid to protect their selfish
interests.