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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 9 Feb 2017

    Muhammadu Buhari's media advisor tells #BBCNewsday the Nigerian President "is not ill" and will be home "sooner than a lot of people think"

    9:50 PM - 9 Feb 2017
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    • Iliyasu Ibrahim Aliyu Marian O Bin Uthman Danilaw rmusiima Dimitry Alksande Mia MAN LIKE JOHN😎😎 Amb. Biafra UCHENDU Arwa steven
    21 replies 82 retweets 24 likes
      1. Mueti Moomba‏ @MuWeight 11 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        : I remember how Zambian politicians said our ailing President then was "jogging in London" until HE DIED . Came back in casket

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      1. Kalaluka Kapungu‏ @wanchimbi 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        why do we elect these village chiefs on the continent? If the guy's dying, tough luck, but so what. The country dies with him? No

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      1. Dr Asong‏ @AsongDr 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        He's not ill! What then did he go to London for! Why see a "snake and call it millipede"?

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      2. Weynom®‏ @Wey_Nom 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @Ggod13 he's been saying that since Monday na..🤔

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      4. Weynom®‏ @Wey_Nom 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Ggod13 @BBCAfrica

        aswear

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      1. stanley bokwe‏ @stanleybokwe 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        please BBC Africa Journalism is not base on assumptions Booths on ground and give us the truth #TheTruthBBC

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      1. Osasumwen.‏ @MrEdegbe 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        . But why are they asking Nigerians to pray for a man who is not sick? Am confuse...

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      1. MR.SCOFIELD DOKUBO‏ @scofieldbauer20 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        So a healthy president can just wake up from sleep and walk away from his country without a word? Dig deep into that story

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      1. Dimitry Alksande Mia‏ @JoseLuisMbaMia1 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        it will great then .. But it shouldn't hidden to the media cuz sooner or later.

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      1. Stephen Oyagah‏ @stepoya 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Why is someone who's not ill asking for a medical leave

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      1. Udo C. Enwereuzor‏ @UdoCEnwereuzor 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Then why has he been away from the country for so long?

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      1. MAN LIKE JOHN 😎 😎‏ @LorddOfRetweet 10 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @TemmyAFC indeed

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      1.  🤩F 🤫N‏ @Ofonmbukituh 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @yinkanubi Don't worry BBC...Nigeria is observing COMEDIANS WEEK...so everybody over here is creating a joke for every situation😚

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      1. Hush‏ @echeprince 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        healthy ones now take the longest of holidays

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      1. Boma Boyle GCFR® 🇳🇬‏ @bomaboyle 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We are eagerly waiting to see our President. We are waiting.

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      1. Bonnie Ushie‏ @BonnieUshie 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        How much do your "investigative journalists" cost? We'll hire them to find the president. Sick or healthy. Bring him home.

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      1. Lawrence Oladayo‏ @icy_laz 9 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        all we want from him is just a 2min video with date nd time, enough of their lies and staged pictures!

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