Presidency Shares Photo As Nigerians Ask “Where Is Buhari”

The presidency has this evening, shared a photo of President Muhammadu Buhari “at work”.

The photo was shared by his Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, through his Twitter page.

He captioned it “President Buhari still at work”.

Recall that there had been rumours that the president is not well.

President @MBuhari; still at work! pic.twitter.com/ZWepHQci4q

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) March 26, 2020

Some had even believed that the President had contracted coronavirus, following the declaration that his chief of staff had tested positive to the disease.

It has triggered several reactions from Twitter users who are insisting that Buhari addresses the nation, the hashtag #whereisBuhari had also been trending on the social media platform.

However, the Nigerian government claims Buhari is in good condition but critics disagree.

They argue that news that his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, tested positive to the deadly disease puts the president at risk.

However, more cases of coronavirus have been reported in Nigeria.

The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) gave an update on Twitter Thursday night.

It tweeted that new patients have been confirmed in FCT (1), Bauchi (1) and Lagos (12).

“Of the 14, 6 were detected on a vessel, 3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 1 is close contact of a confirmed case.”

The agency added that as at 7:35 pm 26th March, there were 65 confirmed cases, 3 discharged and 1 death