“I’m hale and hearty, I’m Not in Any London Hospital” – Buhari

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday dismissed  reports that he visited  a London hospital to attend to his health, saying:  ‘I’m hale and hearty’.

Buhari was reacting to the allegation by Governor Ayo Fayose that the APC presidential candidate was being attended to in a London hospital. According to Fayose, Buhari’s alleged visit to the hospital corroborated his alarm that the former military dictator was sick and lacked the required capacity to rule a complex country like Nigeria.

“As against the claim of the APC that Buhari was on a short working visit to the UK, Buhari is being treated at a hospital located at Cavendish Street, Cavendish Square, W2 London West End, London,” the Ekiti State governor had alleged.

But Buhari, who spoke to THISDAY from London, said: “I am hale and hearty. I am not in any hospital as claimed. I just finished having talks with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, in his country home. I am in London with Senator Bukola Saraki, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State for a short working visit. I just finished talks with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in his country home. I would be having another meeting with the Awujale of Ijebuland soon.  Apart from this, I am also visiting some friends. As you can hear from  my voice, I am hale and hearty with some of my friends around me”.

THISDAY had earlier called Senator Bukola Saraki, who was with Buhari. He  handed over the telephone to the APC presidential flag bearer, Buhari.

Also, in a statement issued the same day, the presidential campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) debunked Fayose’s claims that Buhari was hospitalised in London.