Questions are being asked about whereabouts of Aisha Buhari, wife of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Aisha, who had earlier endorsed her husband’s reelection bid, has not been campaigning along with her husband and this has raised concern as to her health status.
According to the TheCable, Aisha is currently abroad for medical reasons, although her office has refused to confirm or deny the speculation.
When the publication contacted Suleiman Haruna, media aide to the president’s wife, he said he did not have any comments.
“Honestly, honestly, I don’t have any comment on that. People have been calling me. I don’t have any comment on that,” Haruna said.
But a presidency source told the publication that the president’s wife has not been seen campaigning for her husband “because she is ill”.
“For about two weeks now, you will observe that the president’s wife has not been campaigning. She is ill and she has travelled abroad for treatment,” the source said.
Aisha is, however, expected back in Nigeria on Monday, according to the source.
Earlier in the month, Buhari’s wife set up a 700-member team for her husband’s second term bid.
The large team, mainly made up of women, was inaugurated by the president on January 4 at Aso Rock.
At the event, she explained that her team would serve as a support to the main campaign council co-chaired by Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“It will operate as a sister body with necessary legwork and outreach and will mobilise women and youths across the country,” the president’s wife said.
She then led her team to a rally in Kano state on January 5 but that was about the last time she was seen in public.