Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered an audio message to mark the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday, two senior presidency sources said, his first public statement since he left for Britain on medical leave on May 7. Buhari, a Muslim from the north, made the address, calling for peace and unity, in the Hausa language spoken widely in that part of the country. It was circulated to local radio stations and the BBC’s Hausa radio service. The presidency did not release video footage or photographs of Buhari making the recording heard by Reuters in which the president’s voice sounds weak. Two senior presidency officials said the recording was Buhari but his spokesmen declined to confirm it officially.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 26, 2017 12:33 UTC