Nigerian ex-Minister queries Buhari’s mental state 

Worried by renewed wave of massacre in Northeast, banditry and kidnapping across the country, a member of the political class has called for the setting up of a medical panel to examine President Buhari’s mental state.

A presidential aspirant in the 2019 poll, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, made the call on her Twitter handle.

Ezekwesili, a Minister of Education under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and Buhari’s critic, wrote: “We the people”, as Nigerians can also push for such medical empanelling.

“I think that at this stage and depth of fragility of the Nigeria-State, Privacy has to yield ground to our Right-to-know as citizens, the state of health of @MBuhari

“We really must assess the physical or mental capability of @NGRPresident to carry on the duties of office.

“Citizens can collectively push for an Independent Panel to help us make the critical medical determination of the state of mind and body of our President, @MBuhari

“The conditions of Nigeria have become too grave for us all to sit still and watch a train wreck in the making.

“As an extremely concerned citizen, I hereby demand for a #MedicalPanelOnBuhari since we obviously cannot trust the State House Physician to provide us accurate information.

“It is reasonable demand now for citizens to have full disclosure on the state of health of @MBuhari.”

The 1999 Constitution empowers the National Assembly to create such a panel, where a president, because of ill-health is unable to do his job.