Death rumours trailing ailing Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari continue to swirl on social media as the Nigerian presidency remains vague on the true health status of the country’s leader.

Eric Joyce, a politician in the United Kingdom and former soldier, has taken to a micro-blogging website to announce the death of President Buhari, who has not been seen in public since May 7, 2017 when he met with 82 recently freed Chibok schoolgirls. That evening, the presidency announced he was leaving Nigeria for London on an indefinite medical trip.

“Very sad to learn [hear] of the death of President Buhari, whom I campaigned for. Thoughts with his wife @aishambuhari and family,” the former member of the UK parliament wrote on Twitter on Friday, May 19, 2017.

“The president of one of the world’s largest and most sensitive countries died in London today,” the Scottish politician continued. “In our main news bulletins, not a word.”





His tweets were curiously ignored by the ever vocal All Progressives Congress supporters, just as the Nigerian presidency kept mute about the president’s condition.

Following responses from Nigerians and people around the world, Mr. Joyce penned an editorial on Saturday, published on his website, in which he called out Buhari’s handlers for a sloppy response to these death rumours and the Western media for ignoring the story.



“For two days, some sources have been reporting that President Buhari has died in a London hospital. Other sources, including the presidency, have been denying this, but not very convincingly,” he wrote.

“A general rule of thumb for any leader anywhere is that if people think you’re dead then you get yourself on the telly alive, immediately. So maybe there’s a bit of a temporary cover-up involved? And if there is, it’s hard to imagine the UK’s security service (‘Mi5) doesn’t know about it and have folk all over the place inside the hospital in question.

“The most striking thing in all of this is that the UK media doesn’t seem to give a toss either way – few outlets have published anything at all on the subject.

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari welcomes at Aso Rock on his return to Nigeria on March 10, 2017 after returning from 50-day sick leave in London | State House Photo

“It’s Africa and not a famine; it’s Nigeria but not corruption, you see. No NGO comment or interest necessary.

“UK coverage of Africa is dominated by white journalists who pop from country to country and claim special knowledge. The news agencies are populated by young white journalists working in effect as stringers, often little more than kids taking a year out having a wee adventure. The NGOs who work mainly on Africa are so white it’s a disgrace. Perhaps if each employed a few more Africans we’d get some decent and serious coverage of that continent.

“For now, we can just wait and wonder on the fate of a president in London,” he wrote.

Following interest from many Nigerians, he penned another editorial on Sunday, May 21, 2017, titled, Nigeria: It’s For A President To Prove He’s Alive, Not His People To Prove He’s Not.



“First, if you’re a president then it’s up to you to show people you’re alive and well – it’s not up to your people to prove the opposite. Every politician in the world knows this,” Mr. Joyce wrote.

“A statement from a PR guy doesn’t cut it. Angry ripostes from supporters don’t cut it. Only your personal appearance cuts it.

“Second, if you’re a president and you’re not well, then a doctor needs to come out of the hospital and explain to your nation what’s up. This let’s everyone, including your people and the markets, know if your alive at all, alive enough to recover or have just sprained an ankle.

“Unless these things apply, then there will be shenanigans,” he maintained.

The Nigerian presidency has not responded to these new assertions.



See Tweets:

http://www.thetrentonline.com/eric-joyce-buhari-death-london/

uhmmmmmm

Lai muhammed will not like this.

What happened to the agbo Buhari was taking in London hospital?

Let the Northerners continue to hide his death. This is how Yaradua rumour saga and later the death rumour come to pass. I wonder what will happen if they say the true.

papaejima1:
Lai muhammed will not like this.

What happened to the agbo he was taking i London hospital?

na MONKEY-TAIL baba they sap for U.K ask sarrki

Hope not...

CROWNWEALTH019:

na MONKEY-TAIL baba they sap for U.K ask sarrki

I agree

Aisha Buhari deserves better than this

The lady has handled herself with grace in all this

Aisha Buhari deserves better than this

The lady has handled herself with grace in all this

She is no Turai Yaradua

Dead or alive, there is nothing left in Buhari that can be useful to Nigeria. The man is incapacitated.

Mtcheeew I smells lies

If true Gov. Fayose is vindicated

Let he die, who he help

Fake news everywhere

janeade:
uhmmmmmm

Sup??

in bubu's voice lai where are you,oya give us d jerk

If buhari dies fulanis should go after England or UK they kill him CIA things

Totti9:
If buhari dies fulanis should go after England or UK they kill him CIA things

Thank God it won't happen in Nigeria.

The unforgiving kanuris would go after the region where it happens and there will be endless war there

CROWNWEALTH019:

na MONKEY-TAIL baba they sap for U.K ask sarrki

U guys no go kill sarrki

This is Eric Joyce main Twitter handle page

https://twitter.com/ericjoyce Registered since 2009 with 11,000 followers and Over 17,000 Tweets so this cannot be a fake twitter account.

God Knows Best!

Lol.

I think he explained his tweet with an article on his blog (his grammar is horrendously poor for a former MP but you'll have to overlook that since he represented Scotland and he's a veteran):

Nigeria – It’s for a president to prove he’s alive; not for his people to prove he isn’t

I wrote this yesterday about President Buhari of Nigeria. There’s been a lot of interest in the blog in Nigeria. I’ll answer a few of the key points raised, here.

First, if you’re a president then it’s up to you to show people you’re alive and well – it’s not up to your people to prove the opposite. Every politician in the world knows this. A statement from a PR guy doesn’t cut it. Angry ripostes from supporters don’t cut it. Only your personal appearance cuts it.

Second, if your’e a president and you’re not well, then a doctor needs to come out of the hospital and explain to your nation what’s up. This let’s everyone, including your people and the markets, know if your alive at all, alive enough to recover or have just sprained an ankle.
Unless these things apply, then there will be shenanigans. For example, a dead person will be kept hooked up to a machine and advisers, politicians, traders, all the people ‘in the know’ will be jockeying for position and none of the regular people of the country will know anything about it. Nigerians have done themselves proud on the democrtic front in the last few years; this is no time to start accepting bullshit again.
Before the last election, I shared a platform in Nigeria with half a dozen ex-prime ministers and ex-presidents, both African and European. After the event, I had dinner with one along with his ambassador. The ambassador gave me a first class analysis of the political situation in Nigeria. The PDP had become unstable but was considered a more stable bet than the new APC. That said, the international diplomatic community thought the rise of a new party of opposition a thoroughly good thing and felt they might win ‘the election after next’. As it turned out, the APC actually won the election and Goodluck Jonathan actually stood down. It was pretty amazing.

That doesn’t mean the APC has all the answers. And for now, they have the same problem the PDP had when its president died. The dynamics of the government of course mean there’ll be a lot of horse trading going on around the succession if the president is indeed dead. Not a bad idea in future to choose a younger president?

Anyway, where’s the Nigerian media? Cowed, maybe? And where’s the UK media? Uninterested, probably, because it’s almost entirely white – in spite of many Africans living in London – and to most UK media folk stories about Africa are boring unless there’s a big famine, terrorism, or a war.

But in the end, this is about how Nigeria is on its way to becoming a front-rank nation. That’s good news. Accountability to regular Nigerians about the present situation with the president is a big, big part of that.

http://www.ericjoyce.co.uk/2017/05/nigeria-its-for-a-president-to-prove-hes-alive-not-for-his-people-to-prove-he-isnt/

These rumour mongers will not quit

Ezemann:
If true Gov. Fayose is vindicated

You have to stop doing this to yourself. You are definitely more intelligent and capable than Fayose. Young people in Naija should get their heads off their ass.

MAY THE CURSE OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD CONTINUE TO DESCEND ON ALL THOSE BEHIND THIS THREAD.

I PRAY ALL OF YOU WILL DIE BEFORE HIM

AMIN & AMIN

I RECOMMEND THE MODERATORS CLOSE THIS THREAD, IT POSES A THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL PEACE & SECURITY.

donk552:
Let he die, who he help

You are evil. May your prayer return to u

since western medicine and treatment have failed to deliver, Dr Iguedo's Goko cleanser could still be an option.





Let will of God be done

ALMUSTAQIM:
MAY THE CURSE OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD CONTINUE TO DESCEND ON ALL THOSE BEHIND THIS THREAD.

I PRAY ALL OF YOU WILL DIE BEFORE HIM

AMIN & AMIN

I RECOMMEND THE MODERATORS CLOSE THIS THREAD, IT POSES A THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL PEACE & SECURITY.

a hahahaha hahahaha.

which of the Almighty are you talking about?

I know "two" Almighty.

One is loving and gentle, the other is blood thirsty and violent.

One asks us to forgive even our enemies, the other commands his followers to kill even the innocent who are tagged "infidel".

So you love Buhari to live?
What about the innocent people Buhari ordered his Jihardists soldiers to kill in cold blood?

Bros, we all are going to die. Buhari dying is no big deal.
Wake up from you delusion.

ALMUSTAQIM:
MAY THE CURSE OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD CONTINUE TO DESCEND ON ALL THOSE BEHIND THIS THREAD.

I PRAY ALL OF YOU WILL DIE BEFORE HIM

AMIN & AMIN

I RECOMMEND THE MODERATORS CLOSE THIS THREAD, IT POSES A THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL PEACE & SECURITY.

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