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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 6 Feb 2017

    Nigeria's President Buhari extends medical leave in UKhttp://bbc.in/2leNBas 

    2:53 AM - 6 Feb 2017
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    • Analimbey, A. Chris Abdullahi Adili Shehu Sifawa kamaha junior Edwin awah Titus Gama Innospar Ekome🇬🇭 Nuruddeen A.Masanawa Sebor.
    41 replies 255 retweets 43 likes
      1. Emeka Gift‏ @EmekaGift 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        If you can go all the way to Syria to investigate matters, what stops you from crossing the road to obtain facts?

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      2. Emeka Gift‏ @EmekaGift 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        #Buhari is dead waiting for burial, BBC if you think am wrong do investigative journalism and proof me wrong

        1 reply 101 retweets 7 likes
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      1. Emeka Gift‏ @EmekaGift 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        If you can go to war zone to obtain facts,you can also meet Buhari live there in London to obtain facts.We are not kids

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      1. mbaziira mansul‏ @hakimDADA1 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        if only he could purchase that medical technology, he runs to be treated with, to Nigeria how many poor Nigeria cld he save

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      1. LooseAgbero‏ @afripolice 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @paulinsky2 He is DEAD AND GONE Quote me and thank me later. The presidenté kapish

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      1. Equity‏ @onyemaechi_1 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        can your correspondents in London help us ascertain what is wrong with president. Is he incapacitated? Pls we will like to know

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      2. بميه فضة ياكوشةِ البابور‏ @MunaElMasriya 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Who pays for medical care of African leaders in UK/EU/US? Why can't they use the health system that their country people use?

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. #OtodoGbame090417‏ @tareokoro 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        could you guys do an in depth investigation on our behalf. He used to speak to us through your media. Tell him we are /1

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. #OtodoGbame090417‏ @tareokoro 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @tareokoro @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        itching to hear from him. He is becoming like a dad who abandoned his kids without a word. #BringOurBubuBack #TO

        0 replies 2 retweets 0 likes
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      2. NWA MBANO‏ @ericmore 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Good news! May he never come back. He has destroyed so much in a short period. The anger of the Lord is upon him

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Nnennaya Okposuogu‏ @neneOkposuogu 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        medical leave for an undisclosed ailment undisclosed diagnosis, undisclosed medical team, location... Haba!!!

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      1. kiambu finest‏ @022finest 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        "@BBCAfrica: Nigeria's President Buhari extends medical leave in UK " He cant build a hospital but goes to u.k This is shitness

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      1. whatis your purpose‏ @uShoki_lona 6 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I'm worried, as with Pres Mugabe why not get medical attention in their own country?that medical expertise shouldnt be so scarce

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