by Soma Oj.

It has officially been 5 months since President Muhammadu Buhari took us back 7 years in Nigerian history with his unidentified illness. On the 19th of January, 2017, the President announced that he was sending a letter to the National Assembly to inform the legislators of his intention to travel to the United Kingdom on a short vacation during which he will meet with his doctors. He immediately handed over power to his deputy, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.

In the time between now and then, the leadership of the nation has largely been in turmoil while the rest of the nation has been thrown into confusion on more occasions than one.

Also, in that time, Aisha Buhari has been largely silent. A woman, as far back as October last year, shocked a whole nation into silence when she voiced her strong opinion on the overbearing nature of those ought to be “helping” her husband achieve the lofty goals he set for himself as President.

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She first broke her silence on the issue of his health when she travelled to London to see her husband. A visit that produced pictures with him as proof of his “well-being”. This was in February. She maintained her silent but strong presence amidst rumours claiming that the photos were taken years back.

Since President Buhari returned to the country on the 10th of March, Aisha Buhari has only been seen a few times in public – possibly because she has been tending to her husband’s health personally, lending credence to speculations that her husband’s ailment is getting out of hand.

She could have continued to be strong and silent. But No! She had to post these tweets of “reassurance”. She had to tell us that his situation isn’t as bad as people are making it seem.

I wish to inform everyone that his health is not as bad as it's being perceived,Meanwhile he continues to carry out his responsibilities 2/4

— Aisha M. Buhari (@aishambuhari) May 2, 2017

Let’s pause for a moment here to analyse this…

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So she has just admitted that his situation is bad. Very bad in fact because why else will she make this supposedly downplayed announcement of his health status?

Let us now concede that she was trying to help, how is it a helpful thing to console us by telling us that his situation is just not as bad as we think? As if that’s the problem. As if we voted or begged for her sick husband as a president. Let’s just stop there before we delve into insensitive zones.

And even if all that were the case, we were just supposed to trust her and her 4-part tweet and the very vague details the circumstances of his illness.

Thanks ma, but please keep your information abeg.