Former Head Of State, Abdusalami Abubakar Stokes Out; Flown Abroad

By Akinwale Kasali

Speculations are strong that Former Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar may have suffered stroke.

Abubakar. sources say, has been  flown abroad for medical treatment.

He was said to have first been flown to the Dubai, United Arab Emirates, three weeks ago, but his health deteriorated in the Middle East Country, prompting the Family to fly him to the United Kingdom to be attended to by Specialist.

According to a reliable source, the former military Head of State was accompanied on the trip abroad by his wife and former First Lady, Hon. Justice Fati Lami Abubakar.

Sources in the UK said his son- in-law and Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello immediately after the All Progressives Congress Presidential primaries travelled to Dubai to show support to the former Nigerian leader and was expected to be at his hospital bed in the UK for the same motive. Abubakar’s Medical Doctor daughter is the First Lady of  Niger State.

It was gathered that the former military ruler was brought into London last week for urgent medical care, with the source adding that the Chairman of the National Peace Committee had been sick for some time before the family took the decision to seek medical care for him outside Nigeria.

Abubakar, as a result of his, illness, could not be in Ado Ekiti earlier in the past week for the Gubernatorial Peace Pact signed by all the 11 political parties and their Governorship candidates for the June 15, 2022 election.He was represented by Bishop Mathew Kukah and other members of the National Peace Committee.

It was also learnt that Abubakar could not celebrate his 80th birthday on June 13, 2022, as earlier planned because of the sickness that has confined him to a hospital bed in London.

It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari alongside Past Presidents and Governors alike celebrated the elder statesmen during his birthday, but at that time he was bedridden in faraway London, UK.