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Lauretta Onochie – Those requesting Buhari’s health status lack respect

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Lauretta Onochie, special assistant to President Buhari on social media, has lambasted those calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to either resign or resume duties as President.

She said Muhammadu Buhari is like “a private citizen at the moment,” and that those requesting for his health status lack respect.

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Recall that ace entertainer, Charly Boy recently led a protest against Buhari’s continued absence in the country.

In her reaction, Onochie said no one has a right to ask for the president’s health record.

“For the life of me, I have no idea why anybody would disrespect another by asking for the details of their health status. As we speak, we have an acting president,” Onochie said on Monday while speaking on Channels Television‘s Politics Today.

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She continued: “As we speak, President Buhari seems to be like a private citizen at the moment. We have no right and it is very disrespectful for anyone to ask for his health status. In the UK where I came from nobody would release anybody’s health record to another, not even the members of their family unless the person decides to approve.

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“On the social media, the president is well loved by Nigerians. I come across a lot of Nigerians who wish him well.”

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She further said the onus is on the president to intimate Nigerians on his health status, insisting that it is inappropriate to seek to compel him to do so.

“The prerogative to speak on his ailment lies only on President Buhari. If he chooses, it is a choice. It is very disrespectful and very intrusive. We are intruding into his private rights. He has rights too as a citizen of Nigeria. Anybody can get ill, it is not something planned,” Onochie said.

“The president is receiving medical care in the UK, Nigerians are praying for him. They want him to get well. Governance is going well, the economy is improving. We are nearly out of recession.”

President Buhari has been away from the country for 92 days after he returned to London to continue treatment in the UK on undisclosed ailments.