Buhari's Aide Caught In A Lie By Adetutu Balogun

Federal government that promised to send former vice president abroad reneged on their promise.
What do y'all think happened? Was it because Ekwueme refused to endorse their candidate?

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From yesterday's Vanguard

ENUGU—AILING Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme was yesterday flown abroad for continued medical treatment but the Federal Government will not bear the cost of the treatment. Sources told Vanguard that this was because the Federal Government has reneged on its promise to bear the full cost of treatment and transportation of the elder statesman to a hospital in London, and referred the issue to the Anambra State government where Ekwueme hails from. According to the sources, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, who released an Air Ambulance to take Ekwueme to London, informed the Ekwueme family that was the extent the government could go.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/ekwueme-fg-not-bearing-cost-treatment/

From Adetutu Balogun's timeline.
Take a look at @Tutsy22's Tweet: https://twitter.com/Tutsy22/status/929989136479604737?s=09

EKWUEME: FG not bearing cost of treatment


…Airlifted for medical treatment abroad

…Entitlements not paid since 2015


By Emeka Mamah

ENUGU—AILING Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme was yesterday flown abroad for continued medical treatment but the Federal Government will not bear the cost of the treatment. Sources told Vanguard that this was because the Federal Government has reneged on its promise to bear the full cost of treatment and transportation of the elder statesman to a hospital in London, and referred the issue to the Anambra State government where Ekwueme hails from.


According to the sources, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, who released an Air Ambulance to take Ekwueme to London, informed the Ekwueme family that was the extent the government could go.


It was learned that Ekwueme’s younger brother and surgeon, Professor Obumneme Ekwueme, who would have travelled with his brother to London as head of his medical team was dropped from the Air Ambulance because he had problems with foreign exchange that would take care of other exigencies that would arise such as feeding, accommodation, drugs and laboratory tests among others.

Obumneme would now depart for London today, November 13, to join his brother and ensure adequate treatment for him.

The family source wondered why the Federal Government would promise to treat Ekwueme as a former vice president and later renege on such promise.

“We are not surprised about the development because Ekwueme has not been receiving his entitlements from this administration. The Federal Government was not pressurised to make the promise. It did so on its own volition.

“ It is not as if our family could not have treated him in the best hospital in any part of the world. Even if they are not treating him, let them pay him his entitlements when he is still alive. They should not wait until he dies so that they will come and pay tributes to him as the best man while alive,” the family sources said angrily.

Ekwueme was brought to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu with a National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu, SUV ambulance at about 7: 26 am and driven straight into the tarmac, where he was taken into a waiting air ambulance with registration number N605 JA. The white Air Ambulance was said to have arrived the airport late Saturday evening and spent the night at the airport.

He was transferred into the aircraft in the presence of his family members who escorted him to the airport. The aircraft took off from the tarmac at about 8: 37am with the family members waving to wish him a safe trip.

Among the family members present, was Ekwueme’s daughter Mrs. Onyemelukwe, who is a running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate for Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State.

The family members had earlier declined comments on the former vice president’s illness, saying that they were not in the mood to speak to the press and did not need any media coverage.

Vanguard journalist manhandled

Meantime, Vanguard’s State Correspondent in Enugu, Mr Dennis Agbo, who witnessed Dr Ekwueme’s airlift was attacked by soldiers, policemen and other airport security officials before they forcefully confiscated his camera, mobile phone and other working tools. Some of the securitymen who were attached to Ekwueme as well as his family members forcefully deleted all the pictures of the Air Ambulance from his camera and mobile phone which they seized, threatening to visit him personally, if the story of the incident was published.

Agbo was briefly detained at one of the offices in the airport, where his mobile phone and empty camera were later returned to him.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/ekwueme-fg-not-bearing-cost-treatment/amp/

Our govt is a govt of the Lai, by the Lai, for the Lai.

Tufiakwa!!

I hate this administration...Jesus!!

The press release from the president's spokesperson states clearly cost of treatment would be borne as well. What now happened?

aolawale025:
The press release from the president's spokesperson states clearly cost of treatment would be borne as well. What now happened?

It was done to hoodwink the gullible.

That was how they lied on the Ikoyi whistleblower too.

CampuChan:

It was done to hoodwink the gullible.

And zombies here were even bragging about what would have been a constitutional right of the former VP.

HoluwarTohbar:
And zombies here were even bragging about what would have been a constitutional right of the former VP.

That's probably why they're running away from this thread.

Lalasticlala Mynd44

The SA didn't consult the cabal (after meeting Buhari) before releasing the statement

CampuChan:

That's probably why they're running away from this thread.

Lalasticlala Mynd44

Seunmsg and some other zombies are peeping already. They forgot that the more you peep, the more you expose your head.

Just like the saying... "You need a hundred more lies to cover up one lie", this administration has perfected that skill.

Buhari government have really killed Nigerians morally and emotionally. Afonjas committing suicide left right and center. The suffering is as if it's been 20years . Meanwhile it's just 2 years down the line. We're in trouble.

No Babangida to come and rescue us again from Buhari hardship. All we have now are sycophants

HoluwarTohbar:
Seunmsg and some other zombies are peeping already. They forgot that the more you peep, the more you expose your head.

AnodaIT:
The SA didn't consult the cabal (after meeting Buhari) before releasing the statement

Then the SA must be highly incompetent and clueless if he thought Buhari was in charge of his government or can really take any critical decision on anything.

dadavivo:
Buhari government have really killed Nigerians morally and emotionally. The suffering is as if it's been 20years . Meanwhile it's just 2 years down the line. We're in trouble

I bet you, we are a very resilient people! We will seat Buhari out the way we sat Abacha out. All the days of the appointed time we would wait until real change comes.

this government have no integrity to boast of.

Buhari government is very nauseating in its lying nature.Tufiakwa!

APES - Iro

Na wao

can anything good come out of this administration? 2019 what's taking you to long?

if APC member greets you good morning... look at your clock 100 times to be sure it's truly morning.

buhari pant fall on those who believed them in the first place.

Propaganda at its best.

It is the former Vice President and family's right to be treated by the FG as long as he lives.
So, no way the government can say no.
Try harder wailers. They know the President is so lenient with their wahala and will always do everything to explain to the people with sane mind the true position of things and they will still turn around to say , it is because of their wailing that it was reversed.

We know how y'all work,
BUNCH OF TROUBE-MAKERS!!

NB: It is thread like this you see the wailers coming out full force , beating their chest like KING KONG!
Funny Nigerians!

FG owes ekueme nothing. He should have saved enough money for moments like this. The FG abandoned Benjamin Adekunle and the igbos expect FG to send Ekueme abroad He better die in poverty in igboland if there is no wealthy igbo to raise money for him. Easterners like to depend on FG for everything. Yorubas would rather rally round their own son than beg Buhari like shameless Almajiris

Na wa for this govt n lie oo


DEM GO JUST DEY LIE LIKE SMALL WITCH

I am loving this country... Next, you will hear "APC has not been ruling Nigeria. Vote for us 2019 to Change Nigeria"

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Govt of lies and run by liars


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This country has no future under Buhari

Lies, lies and more lies, that's what we've learned with this government. Nobody knows what to belief anymore. Smh. The mistake has been made but it shouldn't be repeated. I've learnt a lot from this govt and I wish others learned too.

http://www.mortalpoet.com/things-learn-change-government/

2019 is staring and they are looking for strategies to win again...oops

whateverkay:
FG owes ekueme nothing. He should have saved enough money for moments like this. The FG abandoned Benjamin Adekunle and the igbos expect FG to send Ekueme abroad He better die in poverty in igboland if there is no wealthy igbo to raise money for him. Easterners like to depend on FG for everything. Yorubas would rather rally round their own son than beg Buhari like shameless Almajiris

ekueme is already outside. the country and it wasn't FG that is footing that bill, so save yourself the hate filled speech.
The question is, why lie that it's FG that is footing the bill?

APC FG can never disappoint..

Just like the olden days stories, they lie pass tortoise..
Tufiakwa!

From paying retired Biafran ex-service men and rehabilitation of non existing roads in the South East and now this,we know their intentions.Let them continue