*Insists Yusuf stable after surgery in Abuja hospital
The Presidency, unrelenting at neutralizing dangerous activities of rumour mongers in the country, has risen to the what has been described as fake news that, son of the President, Yusuf Buhari, who was few days ago involved in a power bike accident Gwarinpa, Abuja, was not flown abroad for further treatment.
Answering a question to this effect by The DEFENDER on Thursday in a telephone interview, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said the report was not true and simply dismissed it as “fake news”.
Two online media outfits, TheCable and Premium Times, on Thursday reported that Buhari had been flown to Germany over head injury he sustained following a bike accident on Tuesday night.
“As previously reported by TheCable, he is being flown to Germany for specialist care.
“The family is said to have decided on Germany.
“He was driven to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, in an ambulance with oxygen support.
“An orthopedic consultant with specialisation in head injuries was also on the flight to monitor his progress,’’ TheCable reported
However, Mallam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who refuted the report by TheCable speaking with The DEFENDER, a Nigerian fast growing online media outfit, Thursday morning, confirmed to another medium in a text message on Thursday in Abuja, that Yusufu was still being treated at a private hospital in Abuja.
Shehu had on Wednesday in a statement confirmed that the son of the President, Yusuf Buhari, who was involved in a bike accident, was in stable condition.
He said that Yusuf had the accident on Tuesday night around Gwarimpa area in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Shehu said Buhari junior broke a limb and also sustained an injury on the head as a result of the incident.
“He has undergone surgery at a clinic in Abuja. He is in a stable condition.
“The President and his wife, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari are thankful to Nigerians for the good wishes and prayers for their son,” the presidential spokesman said.
