By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor
Satisfied with that the health of President Muhammadu Buhari is not as bad as painted by those opposed to his presidency, Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, on Thursday issued a stern warning to Nigerians to stop peddling rumours about the president’s health.

President Muhammadu Buhari in
a group photo shortly after receiving in courtesy visit delegation of
Nigeria’s Governor’s Forum led by its Chairman Governor Abdulaziz Yari in
Abuja House London on 26th July 2017 in the photo are R-L: Governor Samuel
Ortom of Benue State, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State,
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of
Zamfara State, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, Governor David
Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi state and Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State

Governor Yari, who was among the seven members of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum who visited Buhari in London on Tuesday, returned to Nigeria on Thursday as he arrived the Kaduna International Airport enroute Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.

Yari, who is the Chairman of the NGF, told journalists in Kaduna that the seven governors met Buhari in London in what he called ‘improved health condition’ and that the president cracked jokes with them.

The governor said that it was of no use for anyone to speak evil of a president who means well for the country and its people simply because he took ill and decided to seek medical attention outside the country.

The governor, who arrived the Kaduna International Airport in company with his Kano and Borno counterparts, said their visit to Buhari had punctured his enemies’ rumour mongering about his true state of health and put them to shame.

Yari said, “From what we saw, Mr. President will soon return to Nigeria to continue with the good work he had started for the well being of all Nigerians and give the nation a new lease of life.

“While thanking God for the speedy recovery of the president, Mr. Yari also thanked Nigerians who have taken time to pray for Buhari’s recovery and return to his duty post.

“But we really want to ask Nigerian journalists to always crosscheck their facts before rushing to publish what is likely to cause mayhem in the land and destroy the fabric of our unity and development,” the governor said.

The governor, along with his counterparts from Benue, Borno, Oyo, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom, and Kano left Nigerian on Tuesday for London to see the President, who has been out of the country for over 81 days to seek medical attention for undisclosed ailment.

The visit, the second in a week by top government officials, following mounting rumours that the president was on life support and had hearing difficulties, challenges not ascertained by any medical expert.