Buhari too ‘unwell’ to govern, says PDP

Nigeria ’ s main opposition party has said President Muhammadu Buhari is unfit to run the country after he again left for London on medical grounds.

The 75- year -old former military ruler last year spent five months in London seeking treatment for an undisclosed illness that he said required multiple blood transfusions .

He flew out again on Tuesday, citing a request from his doctor, and pledged to be back in Nigeria on Saturday .

But the Peoples Democratic Party said in a statement on Tuesday evening it was an admission that he was “ unwell , ailing and unfit to attend to state matters ” .

The disclosure had “ put to rest speculation on the health status of the president , as well as his attendant inability to effectively govern ” .

The party also hit out at what it said were the “ deception , lies and beguiling ” of the president ’ s office about the head of state’ s health .

Before the last election in 2015, the PDP — then in power under president Goodluck Jonathan — claimed that Buhari had terminal prostate cancer .

Buhari rejected the assertion and claimed a leaked medical report showing he was being treated for the condition was faked .

But with so many absences and uncertainty about his condition , his health is likely to become a major issue as he seeks re -election in February next year .

In particular , there will be questions about whether he will be able to manage months of rigorous campaigning .

( AFP)