My husband’s ill health caused instability in Nigeria

The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, said on Monday that her husband’s ill health caused instability in Nigeria.

She expressed the view at the stakeholders meeting on Reproductive, Maternal, New Born, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH and N) in Abuja.

The event was also used to inaugurate the Governors Wives Advocacy Group (GWAG) on reproductive health in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari was in London for treatment of an undisclosed illness and spent over 100 days there. He returned to Nigeria on August 19 and has since resumed his full duties which he delegated to the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, while he was away.

As you are aware for the past six months Nigeria was not stable because of my husband’s ill health,” Mrs. Buhari said.

“We thank God that he has fully recovered now.

Mrs. Buhari also lamented the actions of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, saying he tried to create “a state out of a state.”

Although Mrs. Buhari did not mention Mr. Kanu by name, the reference was unmistakable.

A 40-year-old man who is still living in his father’s house created a state out of a state and that is a major setback to the country,” she said suggesting Mr. Buhari’s medical vacation worsened the Nnamdi Kanu situation.

“I hope that such a thing will not be repeated,” she added.

Mr. Kanu’s organisation, IPOB, is calling for an independent country of Biafra made up of Igbos. 

The group has since been outlawed and declared a terrorist organisation by the federal government, while Mr. Kanu’s whereabouts remain unknown since his group clashed with security agencies.

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