{"id":14841,"date":"2017-06-20T18:52:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T18:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14841"},"modified":"2017-06-20T18:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T18:52:04","slug":"only-a-miracle-will-keep-buhari-alive-as-northern-youths-shortlist-lamido-atiku-saraki-elrufai-others-for-2019-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14841","title":{"rendered":"ONLY A MIRACLE WILL KEEP BUHARI ALIVE AS NORTHERN YOUTHS SHORTLIST LAMIDO, ATIKU, SARAKI, EL&#8217;RUFAI, OTHERS FOR 2019 PRESIDENCY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"first\">According to Saharareporters, President Muhammad Buhari, who left Nigeria 45 days ago to resume treatment for an undisclosed medical condition believed to be cancer, has developed speech difficulties, presidency sources said today.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Mr. Buhari was also said to be suffering memory lapses.\u00a0 The latest revelation stems from recent attempts to return the President to Nigeria by members of a cabal managing his health and using it to deceive Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Several of President Buhari\u2019s aides who traveled with him are reportedly not in touch with him, reports say, while others were ordered to return to Nigeria, with nobody having any certainty about the prospects of Mr. Buhari\u2019s date of return.<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>During his last trip Saharareporters revealed that his London doctors rejected the idea of his returning to work.\u00a0 They asked that he remained in London for four months to see how best they could treat his illness.\u00a0 Nonetheless, the cabal managing the president brought him back to enable him to undertake a number of acts including military postings and appointments that would have been impossible with an acting President on seat.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, Buhari revealed he had been very ill and had received blood transfusion, and indicated he would soon return to the UK for further treatment.\u00a0 During the period he was in Nigeria, he was rarely seen outside, but managed to attend a few Federal Executive Council meetings which he left as soon as the photo opportunities were done with. Two weeks after that return, his condition deteriorated and doctors had to be flown in from the UK to embark on treatment, but that phase lasted only for a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The president then stopped attending the weekly FEC altogether, but to maintain the ruse that he was healthy, members of the cabal would shepherd him to the mosque on Fridays hoping to generate sentiments within the core Muslim north where a rumor had circulated that the president had been \u201cpoisoned\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari eventually left for the UK abruptly on the evening of May\u00a07, shortly after meeting with some Chibok girls who had been released the previous day by Boko Haram. Although Buhari spoke at the event, his voice was barely audible, as he had lost a lot of weight, his condition reportedly complicated by Crohn\u2019s Disease.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=13524&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When the President was leaving for the airport, he shocked his aides when he asked if they were going to Sokoto, perhaps one of the first signs of his deteriorating memory.<\/p>\n<p>It has now been learnt that President Buhari has not spoken to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo by telephone since his departure.\u00a0 Only last week, the Acting President was asked to await a phone call from Mr. Buhari but when a call eventually came in, nothing coherent was heard from Mr. Buhari, despite the cabal having kept telling people of his \u201ctremendous\u201d improvement.<\/p>\n<p>The cabal is also reportedly behind the rumors of a possible coup by some military officers a couple of weeks ago, as well as the recent quit notice by some Northern youths to the Igbos in that area, which they figured would make western countries view such an attempt with understanding if they thought the action would protect Nigeria as an indivisible entity.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, several top western diplomats including the Ambassadors of the US and the UK, are scheduled to meet with Acting President Osinbajo in the coming days. It is unclear if at that meeting the UK will brief Osinbajo regarding Buhari\u2019s exact condition, but a State Department official told Saharareporters that they are more concerned about Nigeria\u2019s indivisibility than the question of Buhari\u2019s health.\u00a0 A source at the British Embassy told this website they don\u2019t think Buhari could continue to govern in the condition he is in London.<\/p>\n<p>President Buhari left Nigeria flew into London Heathrow airport on a Presidential jet with registration number 5N-FGT in the first week of May.\u00a0 The jet was then flown on a 17-minute ride to London Stansted Airport, where it remains parked for over a month.<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Northern Youth Leaders\u2019 Forum (NYLF) has revealed a shortlist of 11 northern politicians it endorsed as potential presidential candidates for the 2019 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to the leader of the group, Comrade Elliot Afiyo, the 11 persons, namely: former vice president, Alhaji A<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">tiku Abubakar; Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State; Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki.<br \/>\nOthers include former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido; Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State; former Kano State governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; former Borno State governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff; Governor Ibrahim Shettima of Borno State; Governor Abdul\u2019aziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara State; Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, and Senator Bala Muhammed; have emerged as respectable presidential candidates from the North.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The group said it was disturbed by the \u2018scheming\u2019 and \u2018maneuvers\u2019 in the country suggesting southern interest in the 2019 presidency and reiterated that the north should retain the presidency in 2019.<br \/>\nComrade Afiyo said: \u201cWe want to reiterate and clearly warn that the North will not, and will never allow presidency to move to the South in 2019.<br \/>\n\u201cAs much as we can tolerate or pay any sacrifice for the unity of this country, we remain committed to a northern president in 2019.\u201d<br \/>\nAfiyo said the group had forwarded the names of the endorsed persons to its patrons and the leadership of the 42 affiliated organisations to Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) for screening and for the endorsement of only two candidates who will be considered during its 15th Annual National Convention coming up in September, 2017, in Kano.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want to send a message to all political parties that may field southern presidential candidates in 2019 election that such action will amount to committing a political suicide,\u201d a statement by the group said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=13524&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It warned northern leaders to desist from supporting candidates from the South and insisted that such action would be counter-productive to their irreversible decision for a 2019 northern presidency.<br \/>\nThe group further called on all northern youths to embrace dialogue and peace, and not to allow themselves to be swayed by those who use religion and ethnicity to divide the north and gain political advantage.<br \/>\nAfiyo said NYLF was strongly instrumental to the emergence of \u201cOlusegun Obasanjo, Musa Yar\u2019adua and Goodluck Jonathan as well as current President Muhammadu Buhari as presidents in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015, respectively, without regional bias.\u201d<br \/>\nThe group said its actions were always guided by national interest far above any other interest.<br \/>\nOn the quit notice to Igbo by some sections of the Northern youth group, Afiyo said the youths were angry members who felt they were used and abandoned by the All Progressives Congress (APC)politicians.<br \/>\n\u201cWe consider the quit notice as ill advised, ill-timed and uncalled for.<br \/>\n\u201cWe strongly believe the groups of northern youths were motivated, encouraged and sponsored by some individuals who felt cheated by both the federal government and some state governments controlled by the APC.<br \/>\n\u201cThese individuals were used and dumped; no recognition or appreciation was extended to them.<br \/>\n\u201cThey are, therefore, bent on destabilizing the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>The forum also inferred that the coalition of northern youth\u2019s reckless action might have been incited by \u201cour Igbo brothers insult and abuse of other nationalities, especially the northerners, calling us cows and parasites.\u201d<br \/>\nThe statement further said: \u201cWe condemn in strongest terms, the approach of our brothers in issuing an ultimatum to Igbo. No nation or ethnic nationality can survive on its own without the support and help of another.<br \/>\n\u201cNortherners need the Igbo, the Igbo need the Yoruba, and Yoruba need the Hausa. We are totally against the balkanisation of Nigeria.<br \/>\n\u201cWe know the price the North paid for the unity of this country. We are more determined, committed and willing to continue to pay the price to keep this country one; not because we are afraid of our brothers from the east, west and south, nor are we afraid of the future, but for the labour of our heroes past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Buhair-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14842\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Buhair-3-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Buhair-3-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Buhair-3.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><br \/>\nThe forum advised all groups to operate within the ambits of the rule of law and strongly condemned the use of violence and hate speech in the country.<br \/>\nIt also called on the federal government and the Inspector General of Police to, \u201cwithdraw, forthwith, the directive to arrest the signatories of the Kaduna declaration.<br \/>\n\u201cWe believe our brothers in the South have said more than what our brothers said and were not arrested. There is, therefore, no justification for the arrest.\u201d<br \/>\nThe statement went on to appeal to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to call for a meeting of genuine leaders of the northern youths and southern youths to find a way forward for the country.<br \/>\nThe group challenged the presidency to release the reports of the past constitutional conferences and constitute a committee to look into the recommendations of the conferences with a view to charting a way forward on restructuring the country.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Saharareporters, President Muhammad Buhari, who left Nigeria 45 days ago to resume treatment for an undisclosed medical condition believed to be cancer, has developed speech difficulties, presidency sources said today. 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