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President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by SKYTREND(m): 6:36am On Feb 18, 2017
Fellow Nigerians, let me warn quickly that a new circus has come to town and there is a theatre of the absurd ongoing in the city of London. The patrons are very important personalities from Nigeria who have turned the supposed illness of our dear President Muhammadu Buhari into a stage play. At the rate these medical tourists are going, Nigeria may be empty of all its fat cats as they jostle to pay obeisance lest anyone accuses them of nonchalance and of plotting against the President or wishing him dead. Yes, we can be that petty in this clime.

When President Buhari suddenly left our shores, several weeks ago, he did what our late President, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua failed to do which was to send a simple letter to the National Assembly about his intention to go on vacation or for medical treatment, or whatever, and hand over authority to his Vice President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. At least, it shows President Buhari had learnt a useful lesson from the experience of his brother and we must praise God for little mercies. What else could he have done? I think he should have improved on this uncommon performance by telling Nigerians he’s been battling with some debilitating ailment for some time which necessitated his having to travel regularly and sometimes suddenly. For God’s sake, it is not a crime to fall sick. We all do, in various degrees, from time to time. At over 70 years on the surface of this earth, no one would expect President Buhari to be in the most perfect state of health. It is a miracle that he survived the harrowing vicissitudes of life after he was thrown into a dungeon in 1985 during the military coup that toppled his dictatorship. He also had to contest some bloody elections a record four times before fortune smiled at him. Naturally, all of these events would have combined to conspire against his health.

So why should he be ashamed of telling the world that his health is failing and that he would have to attend to it as frequently as possible? No one needs to consult a doctor or a prophet to know our President is not very well at this moment and that he deserves our understanding and prayers. Even if we thought otherwise, his London visitors have virtually confirmed our worst fears. Aso Rock media gurus who have been regaling us with tales of how well and fit the President is should have worked harder on their powerful friends to stay in Nigeria and wait to flood the airport whenever it pleases God to bring him back in one piece to Nigeria. Rushing to London to mark register is absolutely unnecessary and a total waste of scarce resources. The London visitors have wittingly or inadvertently attracted more attention to the President’s frailty.

I have taken time to study some of the pictures that have emerged from the President’s shrine in London and most of them did not do justice to whatever it is some people are trying to cover up by fire by force. The pictures have shown clearly why the President cannot just yank himself off from London and return home pronto as his tedious job demands. It is very obvious that the President is no longer in London of his own free volition, even if he ever was at some point. Someone should please beg the Good Samaritans to allow the President receive his medical treatment in peace and hopefully recuperate handsomely and adequately. Only his immediate family should be allowed access to him at this moment. The visitors actually make it look like they are on an espionage mission to ascertain the true state of the President’s health in order to plot, position and manipulate what seems an impending power game, sooner or later. At the very best of intentions, the visits represent a free photo opportunity for the new and sudden emergency friends of Buhari.

Where’s the coterie of acolytes who fell over themselves to display unsolicited affection when the President was sick and flown to Saudi Arabia? If President Buhari is in perfect condition, as his ubiquitous media handlers want us to believe, they should allow him enjoy his vacation and return home when he pleases instead of fighting over the pages of newspapers and the airwaves singing discordant notes on how he may arrive today or tomorrow or claiming that his return is delayed by the uncompleted servicing of the Presidential jet when there is more than one such jet and, in any case, it is not a crime to charter a private jet on this one occasion, or beg one of his wealthy party members or friends to send a comfortable plane to pick him up and return him home in perfect comfort. I’m sure they would be too happy and proud to do him that favour. Also, I know it is easier for the NTA to do a regular live broadcast from London whenever our President misses home to assure us there is no cause for alarm. The President and his team seem to forget the importance and pre-eminence of the ordinary Nigerian citizen in all this debacle. They elected the President. He is answerable to them. It is to them he needs to turn to in order to allay their fears about his health and rumoured death. He can do this by even a one minute video broadcast.

What we are witnessing right now is a negation of what Buhari ever stood for. Our President was known to be a man of very modest means and humble existence. His attraction during the campaigns and what made him readily sellable to majority of Nigerians was the abhorrence of ostentatious living as well as adherence to a disciplined and Spartan life. Many observers are wondering what has gone wrong that our President seems to have become totally oblivious to happenings around him. Nigerians trusted and still trust President Buhari. He should not let his supporters lead him astray and betray that trust. He must continue to show that he knows that he is accountable to the people first and foremost and the only way to do this is to come clean about his state of health and when his doctors say he can return, whether now or later.

This is certainly not the loud change we promised Nigerians two years ago. There is defalcation, decay and decadence everywhere. Budgets are still being padded left right and centre. Atrocious sums are apparently being spent on frivolities while Nigerian workers are gnashing their teeth everywhere. Our airports remain as hopeless as ever, nearly two years into the life of this government. We are still dishing out endless excuses about why provision of adequate electricity supply has remained rocket science in Nigeria. Government officials continue to run abroad for medicals in flagrant disobedience of instructions to stay at home. The voodoo economists have not been able to arrest the freefall of the naira against the American dollar. The list of woes is ad infinitum. This is DEFINITELY not what we assured our people when we went on the blistering attacks against President Goodluck Jonathan and his carpetbaggers.

We knew the journey won’t be easy but didn’t expect it to be this bad. There are some basic things that should have been easily fixed in one year of active governance. We should have put elevators and escalators in our airports. The jetways at Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos should have been modernised and upgraded. The odoriferous washrooms and the stench that oozes and welcomes citizens and visitors to Nigeria should have been permanently sanitised and deodorised. There is no basis for arguing these facts. Some of those saddled with the task of helping Buhari achieve his lofty dreams have failed the man and their country, and even God. I picked on those simple and visible projects in order to show the hopelessness of our situation despite the loquacious change we bandied two years ago. If I were to embark on more important things, I would weep uncontrollably and probably not complete this piece, especially, as I crisscross many poorer and less endowed African countries and marvel at their inspiring productivity. It is that bad! Are we to blame Jonathan again for the miserable states of our airports and the pitiable conditions of our infrastructure?

The solution is not farfetched as I have preached for many years. A nation that sacrifices its best brains on the altar of ethnic balancing, religious sensitivity, greed and avarice, nepotism and jingoism can never prosper. What we need to do urgently is to reverse the dangerous drift towards perdition. We all know the solution to our calamitous problems but are too timid and irrational to take on our challenges. We are surrounded by seat-warmers and unrepentant gamblers who treat our dear beloved country like one big casino.

Only God can rescue us, if it is not too late.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/02/18/president-buhari-and-his-london-visitors/

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Nobody: 6:37am On Feb 18, 2017
grin grin grin grin

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by chimah3(m): 6:38am On Feb 18, 2017
IT'S HAS TURNED TO HOLIDAY SEASON FOR THE CRIMINALS angry angry angry

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by YNWA1: 6:39am On Feb 18, 2017
Talking about being noticed, I think the only person calling for attention is Uncle Dele
unclezuma:


Is this the new method of being noticed?

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Thecassanova: 6:40am On Feb 18, 2017
Mr Dele is still saving his face in this govt, towards the end of the year he may not be able to contain it again. Then he would releases lots of letters like he always does.
Btw, I'm still trying to figure why our president would speak to Trump an American during leave but refuses to speak to those that voted him in Definitely it's not Nigerians first.
YNWA1:
is this the new method of booking space?is this the new method of booking space?
Wetin concern you undecided

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by YNWA1: 6:41am On Feb 18, 2017
chimah3:
angry angry angry
unclezuma:
grin grin grin grin
is this the new method of booking space?

Now, back to the topic. I stopped reading Dele's articles a long time ago. Unfortunately, I used to be one his fans until I found out that he did not belong to the league of the journalist I respect.

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Nobody: 6:42am On Feb 18, 2017
YNWA1:
is this the new method of booking space?

Is this the new method of being noticed?

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Nobody: 6:50am On Feb 18, 2017
YNWA1:
Talking about being noticed, I think the only person calling for attention is Uncle Dele
Bros it's too early to be a space booking vigilante just give your 5cents on the issue we will join you later.

It is true that Dele is seeking attention, but so is everyone he has mentioned.

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by okosodo: 6:54am On Feb 18, 2017
I see no hope in the nearest future for nigeria. Buhari has killed the hope

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by tchimatic(m): 6:54am On Feb 18, 2017
Unu ncha so were n'eme obodoa ihe n'eme ya . (in Gifty's voice... I don't know Dele momodu..#proudness

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Ahmadgani(m): 6:56am On Feb 18, 2017
You havent passed the real message

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by inourcare: 7:03am On Feb 18, 2017
All.
Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by SKYTREND(m): 7:07am On Feb 18, 2017
okosodo:
I see no hope in the nearest future for nigeria. Buhari has killed the hope

COMPLETELY!!!! I CONCUR

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Samunique(m): 7:12am On Feb 18, 2017
We all know that our politicians for what they are, they take advantage of any silly situation like that of our president, ( silly bcs he makes it look so by not helping the situation him self and makes the whole thing a party affair) to derive pleasure and make money out of it, if possible.

I can tell u that some people are becoming richer now and they will never want the drama to end!!!

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by fulaniHERDSman(m): 7:12am On Feb 18, 2017
Useless thieves

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by policy12: 7:56am On Feb 18, 2017
Hmmm....
Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by omaguibu(m): 7:57am On Feb 18, 2017
So Dele what are you saying?

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by veekid(m): 8:21am On Feb 18, 2017



What's Dele the Davido's boy insinuating?

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by jesus500(m): 8:21am On Feb 18, 2017
Buhari has made london the new capital of nigeria. He should not bother coming back again, he has outlived his usefulness.

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by lonelydora: 8:22am On Feb 18, 2017
You people are really giving yourselves headache. All I know is,

Buhari is lying "hale and hearty" in a London hospital.


I am counting 90days already.

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Nobody: 8:22am On Feb 18, 2017
All Dele Momodu wants is APPOINTMENT.Once Buhari gives him, all the wailing will cease

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Hades2016(m): 8:22am On Feb 18, 2017
Story for the gods

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by martineverest(m): 8:23am On Feb 18, 2017
dem no give am chance to visit

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by sureheaven(m): 8:23am On Feb 18, 2017
Write something about Davido........ writing and doing everything to be relevant and known at all cost
Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by emperorAY(m): 8:25am On Feb 18, 2017
Wonder piece
I strongly believe the FG is hiding sometin from nigerians and this has defeated the whole essence of democracy what is. "accountability"

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Histrings08(m): 8:26am On Feb 18, 2017
I read everything nd tz full of insights.... At this juncture, Nigeria people don't know if electing PMB is a hit-or-miss... God help us all

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by Nobody: 8:27am On Feb 18, 2017
i dont Like leaving the space i booked blank, so i typed this .. undecided

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by repogirl(f): 8:28am On Feb 18, 2017
Maybe Buhari should make Momodu the Minister of 'airports'. The man is really concerned about it and has always harped on it.

Mr. Dele, Change is a SCAM as you have realised. They meant CHANGE for the WORSE not better. The funniest part is they have excuses to back their obvious and glaring incompetences. Just so funny even though we are not laughing.

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by ifyalways(f): 8:29am On Feb 18, 2017
President of Nigeria, London branch. cheesy cheesy

Ihe di njo, na-aso amu.

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Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by princeakins(m): 8:29am On Feb 18, 2017
cheesy
Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by ehissi(m): 8:30am On Feb 18, 2017
"Mr Dele na my boy, Dele na my boy" - Davido
Re: President Buhari And His London Visitors, By Dele Momodu by drizzytee: 8:30am On Feb 18, 2017
This long thing?

Modified
Nothing special bout the post.. Abro Just Stated the obvious.

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