BREAKING: President Muhammadu Buhari is sick in Aso Rock

– President Muhammadu Buhari is feared sick

– The president is said to be receiving
treatment in Aso Rock

– His ailment is said to be the reason he could
not make his scheduled trips recently

Premium Times reports that the president has an
infection in his left ear, otherwise called Meniere
Disease, a challenge which has drastically reduced
his outings in the last one week.

President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be ill and
receiving treatment in Aso Rock.

As a result of the infection, the president now
suffers hearing impairment and routinely
complains of severe pains and unusual sounds
from that ear, those familiar with his condition
told newsmen.

Buhari had on three recent occasions cancelled
official trips within and outside the country due to
the infection and was represented at those events
by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

A statement by the presidency on Friday said the
vice president would again represent the
president at the 48th Ordinary Summit of Head of
State and Government of the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
holding this weekend in Dakar, Senegal.

The statement by Laolu Akande, the Senior
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the
vice president, said Mr. Osinbajo would leave for
Dakar on Friday and was expected back in Abuja
on Sunday.

Multiple sources in the Presidency told this
newspaper Friday that the president got the ear
infection about two weeks ago.

Our sources said apart from his family, only a few
high profile individuals who visited at the
Presidential Villa in the last one week were aware
of the president’s illness.

Mr. Buhari, who clocked 73 last December, was
said to have confirmed it to some dignatories who
visited him in the past days, explaining to some of
them that that was why he was unable to visit
Lagos and Rivers as scheduled.

He was also said to have told his guest that he was
struggling to give his failing health a major
attention.

He is currently being treated by his personal
physician and other experts from the State House
Clinic, our sources said.

An official said the president might seek
treatment abroad if his condition does not
improve in the next few days.

Despite hearing difficulty, the president, our
sources said, managed to attend Jumaat service
and host some important visitors, including
former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and
Goodluck Jonathan as well as some clergymen on
Friday, June 4.

Presidential spokespersons could not be reached
to comment for this story on Friday night.

While calls to the Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, Femi Adesina, failed to go through,
Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on
media and publicity did not answer or return
calls.

Media reports first hinted of the president’s
illness two weeks ago when he was billed to visit
Lagos.

Osinbajo represented him on that visit.
The vice president also represented the president
in Papua New Guinea last weekend where the 8th
Summit of the African, Caribbean and Pacific
Group of States held.

Mr Buhari on Thursday put off his scheduled trip
to Rivers State where he was billed to kick off the
cleanup of Ogoni land as recommended by the
United Nations Environmental Programme.

Again, Osinbajo represented him at the event.

There have been some comments regarding the
president’s health in recent times. The Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) recently made comments
regarding the president’s physical state of health.

The opposition party raised fears that the
president is ill, with some reacting that the PDP’s
comment was unfounded and somewhat
unprofessional.