President
Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly put a call through to Femi Adesina, his
special adviser on media and publicity, LKB can report.
According
to Adesina, President Buhari called at exactly 2.43pm on Saturday,
February 25 and he was more than delighted to speak with his boss for
the first time in a month.
He wrote: "At
exactly 2.43 p.m today, Saturday, February 25, 2017, my phone rang. Who
was at the other end? Tunde Sabiu, personal assistant to President
Muhammadu Buhari.
"Hold on for Mr President," Tunde said.
And in a matter of seconds, the very familiar voice came:
"Femi, how are you?" (He calls me Adesina most times, but today, he opted for Femi)
I screamed :"Mr President, I have missed you. How are you sir?"
He first laughed. That familiar laugh. Then he said: "I am still resting. Thank you for holding out against mischief makers."
I said it was my duty, the very least I could do, adding how happy I was to speak with him.
"How is your family?"
I said we were fine, and he asked me to extend his greetings to them.
"I hope to call you again, " Mr President said, and I bade him farewell, adding: "Best wishes, sir."
It was a defining moment for
me. For more than a month, I had always spoken with aides who are with
the President in London. Not once did I ask them to take the phone to
him, deliberately so, because I didn't need to speak with him to
validate the fact that he was alive. And since he was on vacation, he
had a right to his privacy.
Of
his own volition, President Buhari spoke with me. It made my day. Even
if he hadn't done so, he would have remained my President, my leader,
and my man. Any day.
This may all have quelled reports that the president is dead as has been rumoured in different sections of the media.
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