General Muhammed Buhari, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate in the 2015 presidential election, on Tuesday failed to attend the presidential rally organised by APC Diaspora Community in the United Kingdom.
Buhari arrived in London last Thurday and was scheduled to meet with the Nigerian community, APC supporters in UK and give a talk later in the week at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of Public Affairs.
However, APC supporters across the UK who converged at the Everlasting Arms Ministries Church in East London for the presidential rally, were disappointed when the party flag bearer did not turn up.
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Although no reason was given for his absence, the party’s spokesman, Lai Mohammed, attempted to debunk rumours that Buhari was ill, adding that the rally was not part of Buhari’s itinerary.
Mohammed said since the APC candidate arrived in the UK, he had been meeting and consulting with political leaders, while also having some rest after his energy-sapping nationwide campaign. This is a claim that has been discredited.
He, however, assured those present that Buhari would be at the Chatham House event billed for February 26.
No soon as news broke that at the former military dictator left Nigeria for the United Kingdom, reports began to emerge that Buhari was actually on a medical trip. The Trent spoke with insiders in the Buhari campaign who confirmed that their principal was on a medical trip to the UK.
A number of propaganda media attempts by the APC to dispel these reports on the general’s health have failed to achieve their objectives. Most prominent remains the claim that Buhari has met with former UK prime minister Tony Blair while on this trip. Another is the attempt to pass off an old Abuja interview as London interview conducted over the weekend.
The Europe Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that Buhari’s talk at the Chatham House has been scheduled for February 26 at 10am. It is now ten days since General Buhari was last seen in public during his campaign rally in Borno State.
