It’s been 84 days since President
Muhammadu Buhari travelled out of the
country — and reports of his absence have
continued to dominate news headlines
locally and around the world.
On Sunday, US news network CNN made a
mockery of his absence on GPS, a
programme hosted by Fareed Zakaria.
The American journalist, during a segment
called ‘GPS challenge,’ posed a trivia to
viewers of his show.
“The head of state from which country has
not set foot in his homeland in over two
months?” read the trivia which had multiple
options, including Syria, Saudi Arabia, Cuba
and Nigeria.
President Buhari has been in the UK since
May 7, where he has been receiving medical
treatment.
Though he has been rarely seen in public
since his trip, news of his improving health
and wellbeing has been widely reported as
well as photos of him receiving seven
governors that recently paid him a visit in
London.
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, who had
also paid Buhari a visit, announced that he
would soon be back home.
This is the second time the president is
visiting the UK for medical vacation in 2017,
the first being shorter than the present.
Governors and several public figures have
come out to defend Buhari’s absence, and to
say he has made a miraculous recovery.
