{"id":360775,"date":"2025-07-15T10:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=360775"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:43:28","slug":"just-in-buhari-couldve-died-earlier-if-he-relied-on-nigerian-hospitals-says-femi-adeshina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/15\/just-in-buhari-couldve-died-earlier-if-he-relied-on-nigerian-hospitals-says-femi-adeshina\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST-IN: Buhari could\u2019ve died earlier if he relied on Nigerian hospitals, says Femi Adeshina"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Adesina said Buhari received treatment in London before 2015 and not only during his time in office.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>He insisted Buhari\u2019s medical trips were for survival, not a show of prestige or disregard for local healthcare.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The former special adviser on media and publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Femi Adesina, has said the late president might not have lived this long if he depended solely on Nigeria\u2019s health system.<\/p>\n<p>Adesina made the statement during an interview with Channels Television ahead of Buhari\u2019s burial in Daura, Katsina State.<\/p>\n<p>He said the former president had always received medical treatment in London, even before he assumed office in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said, he always had his medicals in London, even when he was not in office,\u201d Adesina stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it was not about the time he was president alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He defended Buhari\u2019s decision to seek healthcare abroad, saying it was a matter of survival, not prestige.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he had said, \u2018I will do my medicals in Nigeria just as a show-off or something,\u2019 he could have long been dead because there may not be the expertise needed in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Adesina insisted that being alive was the first step to making any impact in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to be alive first to get certain things changed or corrected in your country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also took a swipe at critics who faulted Buhari\u2019s frequent trips abroad for medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who believably talk of going abroad, going abroad \u2014 they don\u2019t know that a man needs to be alive first before he can effect a change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari died on Sunday at the age of 82.<\/p>\n<p>He passed away at a London clinic and will be buried today in his hometown, Daura, in Katsina State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adesina said Buhari received treatment in London before 2015 and not only during his time in office. 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