President Muhammadu Buhari has been a constant victim of death rumours especially on social media as the Nigerian presidency remains vague on the true health status of the country’s leader.
Eric Joyce, a politician in the United Kingdom and former soldier, has taken to a micro-blogging website to announce the death of President Buhari, who has not been seen in public since May 7, 2017 when he met with 82 recently freed Chibok schoolgirls.
That evening, the presidency announced he was leaving Nigeria for London on an indefinite medical trip.
Eric Stuart Joyce is a British politician and former military officer. He is a former member of parliament (MP) for Falkirk West and (from 2005) Falkirk.
Joyce was an MP from the 2000 Falkirk West by-election, originally as a Labour Party MP, until 2015 when he stood down having sat as an Independent MP for several years, according to his Wikipedia.
Joyces, in a series of tweets on Friday said it was very sad to hear the news of the death of President Buhari who he campaigned and supported during the 2015 elections in Nigeria.
“The president of one of the world’s largest and most sensitive countries died in London today.In our main news bulletins, not a word.#Buhari
The president of one of the world’s largest and most sensitive countries died in London today.In our main news bulletins, not a word.#Buhari
— Eric Joyce (@ericjoyce) May 19, 2017
“Very sad to learn hear of the death of President Buhari, whom I campaigned for. Thoughts with his wife @aishambuhari and family. #buhari”, he tweeted.
Very sad to learn hear of the death of President Buhari, whom I campaigned for. Thoughts with his wife @aishambuhari and family. #buhari
— Eric Joyce (@ericjoyce) May 19, 2017
His tweets were curiously ignored by the ever vocal All Progressives Congress supporters, just as the Nigerian presidency kept mute about the president’s condition.
Following responses from Nigerians and people around the world, Mr. Joyce penned an editorial on Saturday, published on his website, in which he called out Buhari’s handlers for a sloppy response to these death rumours and the Western media for ignoring the story.
— Eric Joyce (@ericjoyce) May 20, 2017
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