By AFPMore by this AuthorLAGOSNigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife has sought to play down fears about his health, as he faces calls to go on extended medical leave. Aisha Buhari said the head of state’s health was not as bad as it was being perceived, without specifying the nature of his illness. “He continues to carry out his responsibilities during this period,” she wrote on her Twitter account on Tuesday evening. Buhari, 74, has been under growing pressure to disclose his state of health since returning from London in early March after nearly two months away. The health of Nigeria’s president has been a sensitive issue since the death in office in 2010 of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, which sparked months of political turmoil.

Source: Daily Nation May 03, 2017 19:52 UTC