Ailing President Muhammadu Buhari who has been away in London for almost three months has become the subject of a sports betting game, NaijaBet.com, a
Ailing President Muhammadu Buhari who has been away in London for almost three months has become the subject of a sports betting game, NaijaBet.com, a popular sports gaming site. The betting game is asking those interested to stake their money on when Buhari who left Nigeria on May 7 on his latest medical trip to London, the British capital, would return.
The company, NaijaBet, which usually focuses on English Premiership, Champions League and other sporting events, decided to launch the ‘Buhari to Return’ game:
‘YOU CAN BET ON IF HE WILL RETURN ON THE 2ND WEEK OF AUGUST ORTHE 4TH’
74-year-old Buhari first sought treatment in London in June last year for what presidency officials said was a persistent inner ear infection, returning in six months for check-ups that were later said to be ‘a long period of treatment’.
Buhari himself admitted on his return to Abuja in March that he had not been that ill before. Despite Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s acting on his behalf, Buhari’s protracted absence has sparked intense public debate in the country.
Last month, both members of the ruling party and the opposition went to see him in London and even took pictures with him in London to douse public anxiety. The former military ruler in the 1980s, has been dogged by speculation about his health even before he won the 2015 Presidential elections.
During that campaign, the then-ruling party, PDP via Governor Ayo Fayose claimed he was seriously ill with prostate cancer and even put out advertisements insinuating he would die in office.
