Doctors at Cedarcrest Hospitals, Abuja Thursday continued their
efforts to stabilise Yusuf, the only son of President Muhammadu
Buhari, who had a power-bike crash on Tuesday night in the Gwarimpa
District of the federal capital city.
The crash, according to presidential spokesperson, Malam Garba
Shehu, left Yusuf with a severe injury to the head and multiple
fractures, necessitating him to undergo a surgical procedure
moments after he was admitted at the hospital on Tuesday night.
A reliable presidency source, however, told THISDAY not
TheNigerialawyer that because of the severity of Yusuf’s condition,
doctors had to induce him to slip into coma as part of the
procedure to stabilise him.
He said plans had been concluded to fly the president’s son
abroad for a more intensive care once the doctors stabilise
him.
The three-storey building of the private hospital located at Apo
Dutse District, Abuja, continued to attract huge vehicular and
human traffic Thursday as hundreds of people thronged the
Orthopaedic Ward of the hospital to sympathise with Yusuf.
Senate President Bukola Saraki, many of his colleagues from the
National Assembly, ministers, governors and other prominent
personalities have visited the hospital in the last 48 hours.
Apparently to control the huge traffic at the hospital, a large
contingent of security operatives from the Brigade of Guards, the
Department of Security Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force
were seen at the premises keeping eyes on visitors entering and
leaving the hospital.
A source told THISDAY that the president, who was at the
hospital on Wednesday, was unhappy with his security officials for
allowing his son to leave home at 8pm on Tuesday for the power-bike
racing.
“The president was at the hospital on Wednesday night. He was
very devastated when he saw his son, Yusuf, in a very critical
situation. He was shaking his head, while looking at his son and
thereafter angrily reprimanded his security officials for allowing
Yusuf to leave home at that time of the day for power-bike
racing,’’ the source who was at the hospital when the president
visited told THISDAY in confidence.
He added: “From the way the president spoke, it appears the
security aides are in trouble. He spoke angrily. The Minister of
Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd); his FCT ministry
counterpart, Alhaji Mohammed Bello; and the Senate President’s
wife, Mrs. Toyin Saraki; stayed throughout the night of Tuesday
till Wednesday at the hospital with Hajia Aisha Buhari.
“While the doctors were working to stabilise him, Dambazau kept
appealing to the doctors to do everything possible to stabilise
Yusuf, saying the president would find it very difficult to bear
the pain if anything happens to his son.’’
The source said that the president had directed that Yusuf be
treated at the CEDARCREST Hospitals for now.
“Yes, the president had directed that Yusuf be treated at this
hospital for now. In any case he is still in coma with serious
pain; so, he cannot survive long-flight for now. He still needs few
days to come out of the coma before any consideration of flying him
out of the country for more medical attention,’’ the source
added.
THISDAY gathered that the young man arrived the hospital
unconscious and that doctors fought hard to stabilise him.
Yusuf was reportedly racing with a friend when in an attempt to
overtake a vehicle, he skidded off the road, sustaining injuries
that made him unconscious.
His mother, Aisha, who was said to have been quickly alerted
about the incident, directed his evacuation to Cedarcrest
Hospitals, Abuja for prompt medical attention.
In an earlier statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, he said Yusuf
broke his limb and sustained head injury in the accident.
According to him, he had undergone surgery and was now in stable
condition, adding that both the president and his wife were
grateful to Nigerians for their goodwill and prayers.
Medical experts said that Yusuf is in best medical hands at the
Cedarcrest Hospitals, which is described as “a modern specialist
medical care centre”.
Information posted on its website indicates that the hospital
was founded in January 2008 with the aim of providing high standard
healthcare services to patients within and outside Nigeria. The
centre started off as a highly specialised orthopaedic facility,
registered as Cedarcrest Orthopaedic Clinics Ltd.
Before long, it became obvious that other specialties had to be
incorporated partly due to the success of the centre and partly due
to the lack of local specialist services in those specialties that
relate directly with orthopaedic and trauma surgery.
The hospital also offer’s specialist services covering internal
medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, radiology, rheumatology, ear,
nose and throat surgery, dietetics, physiotherapy and general
practice.
The specialists at the hospital are said to be working in
liaison with centres in the United Kingdom and the United States
and frequently have visiting surgeons from these foreign
hospitals.
Meanwhile, former President Goodluck Jonathan and former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar have sympathised with Buhari over the
incident, praying for the quick recovery of his son.
Jonathan also tweeted: “I have been in Liberia monitoring
elections and only just heard the sad news.
“My family and I are in prayers for the quick recovery of Yusuf
Buhari. It is my deep desire that a young man so full of promise
should live and thrive to fulfil the promises God has domiciled in
him.’’
Atiku also said in a tweet: “Our thoughts are with the first
family. Our family will be praying for you. We wish Yusuf a speedy
recovery.”
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce of the opposition Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) also wished Yusuf quick recovery. “I wish Yusuf Buhari
a very quick recovery. A young man full of promise. My family and I
want President @MBuhari to know that we are with him and his family
in our thoughts and prayers.’’
A former aide to Jonathan and a fierce critic of Buhari, Mr.
Reno Omokri, tweeted: “Today should be a day when all of us
Nigerians must put our partisanship aside and join with the
@MBuhari family to pray for the quick recovery of their son,
Yusuf.
“There are things that divide us. But a thing such as this
should unite us in wishing well to the first family.’’
Senate President Saraki said: “May the Almighty grant Yusuf Buhari
a quick and full recovery. My prayers are with President Buhari and
his family at this time.’’
In its reaction to the incident, the PDP said it would pray for
the speedy recovery of Yusuf.
A statement in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola
Ologbondiyan, said the party was shocked by the news of the
accident.
It said: “PDP as a family received with shock the sad news of
the involvement of Yusuf in a power-bike accident in Abuja on
Tuesday.
“The PDP as a family prays for Yusuf’s speedy recovery to enable
him return to his normal life.”
The party said it was reassured by reports from the presidency
that Yusuf was in a stable condition.
“We also commend the prompt intervention by medics even as we
value the concerns of all well-meaning Nigerians and their prayers
for Yusuf and the first family,” it said.
Doctors at Cedarcrest Hospitals, Abuja Thursday continued their
efforts to stabilise Yusuf, the only son of President Muhammadu
Buhari, who had a power-bike crash on Tuesday night in the Gwarimpa
District of the federal capital city.
The crash, according to presidential spokesperson, Malam Garba
Shehu, left Yusuf with a severe injury to the head and multiple
fractures, necessitating him to undergo a surgical procedure
moments after he was admitted at the hospital on Tuesday night.
A reliable presidency source, however, told THISDAY not
TheNigerialawyer that because of the severity of Yusuf’s condition,
doctors had to induce him to slip into coma as part of the
procedure to stabilise him.
He said plans had been concluded to fly the president’s son
abroad for a more intensive care once the doctors stabilise
him.
The three-storey building of the private hospital located at Apo
Dutse District, Abuja, continued to attract huge vehicular and
human traffic Thursday as hundreds of people thronged the
Orthopaedic Ward of the hospital to sympathise with Yusuf.
Senate President Bukola Saraki, many of his colleagues from the
National Assembly, ministers, governors and other prominent
personalities have visited the hospital in the last 48 hours.
Apparently to control the huge traffic at the hospital, a large
contingent of security operatives from the Brigade of Guards, the
Department of Security Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force
were seen at the premises keeping eyes on visitors entering and
leaving the hospital.
A source told THISDAY that the president, who was at the
hospital on Wednesday, was unhappy with his security officials for
allowing his son to leave home at 8pm on Tuesday for the power-bike
racing.
“The president was at the hospital on Wednesday night. He was
very devastated when he saw his son, Yusuf, in a very critical
situation. He was shaking his head, while looking at his son and
thereafter angrily reprimanded his security officials for allowing
Yusuf to leave home at that time of the day for power-bike
racing,’’ the source who was at the hospital when the president
visited told THISDAY in confidence.
He added: “From the way the president spoke, it appears the
security aides are in trouble. He spoke angrily. The Minister of
Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd); his FCT ministry
counterpart, Alhaji Mohammed Bello; and the Senate President’s
wife, Mrs. Toyin Saraki; stayed throughout the night of Tuesday
till Wednesday at the hospital with Hajia Aisha Buhari.
“While the doctors were working to stabilise him, Dambazau kept
appealing to the doctors to do everything possible to stabilise
Yusuf, saying the president would find it very difficult to bear
the pain if anything happens to his son.’’
The source said that the president had directed that Yusuf be
treated at the CEDARCREST Hospitals for now.
“Yes, the president had directed that Yusuf be treated at this
hospital for now. In any case he is still in coma with serious
pain; so, he cannot survive long-flight for now. He still needs few
days to come out of the coma before any consideration of flying him
out of the country for more medical attention,’’ the source
added.
THISDAY gathered that the young man arrived the hospital
unconscious and that doctors fought hard to stabilise him.
Yusuf was reportedly racing with a friend when in an attempt to
overtake a vehicle, he skidded off the road, sustaining injuries
that made him unconscious.
His mother, Aisha, who was said to have been quickly alerted
about the incident, directed his evacuation to Cedarcrest
Hospitals, Abuja for prompt medical attention.
In an earlier statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, he said Yusuf
broke his limb and sustained head injury in the accident.
According to him, he had undergone surgery and was now in stable
condition, adding that both the president and his wife were
grateful to Nigerians for their goodwill and prayers.
Medical experts said that Yusuf is in best medical hands at the
Cedarcrest Hospitals, which is described as “a modern specialist
medical care centre”.
Information posted on its website indicates that the hospital
was founded in January 2008 with the aim of providing high standard
healthcare services to patients within and outside Nigeria. The
centre started off as a highly specialised orthopaedic facility,
registered as Cedarcrest Orthopaedic Clinics Ltd.
Before long, it became obvious that other specialties had to be
incorporated partly due to the success of the centre and partly due
to the lack of local specialist services in those specialties that
relate directly with orthopaedic and trauma surgery.
The hospital also offer’s specialist services covering internal
medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, radiology, rheumatology, ear,
nose and throat surgery, dietetics, physiotherapy and general
practice.
The specialists at the hospital are said to be working in
liaison with centres in the United Kingdom and the United States
and frequently have visiting surgeons from these foreign
hospitals.
Meanwhile, former President Goodluck Jonathan and former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar have sympathised with Buhari over the
incident, praying for the quick recovery of his son.
Jonathan also tweeted: “I have been in Liberia monitoring
elections and only just heard the sad news.
“My family and I are in prayers for the quick recovery of Yusuf
Buhari. It is my deep desire that a young man so full of promise
should live and thrive to fulfil the promises God has domiciled in
him.’’
Atiku also said in a tweet: “Our thoughts are with the first
family. Our family will be praying for you. We wish Yusuf a speedy
recovery.”
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce of the opposition Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) also wished Yusuf quick recovery. “I wish Yusuf Buhari
a very quick recovery. A young man full of promise. My family and I
want President @MBuhari to know that we are with him and his family
in our thoughts and prayers.’’
A former aide to Jonathan and a fierce critic of Buhari, Mr.
Reno Omokri, tweeted: “Today should be a day when all of us
Nigerians must put our partisanship aside and join with the
@MBuhari family to pray for the quick recovery of their son,
Yusuf.
“There are things that divide us. But a thing such as this
should unite us in wishing well to the first family.’’
Senate President Saraki said: “May the Almighty grant Yusuf Buhari
a quick and full recovery. My prayers are with President Buhari and
his family at this time.’’
In its reaction to the incident, the PDP said it would pray for
the speedy recovery of Yusuf.
A statement in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola
Ologbondiyan, said the party was shocked by the news of the
accident.
It said: “PDP as a family received with shock the sad news of
the involvement of Yusuf in a power-bike accident in Abuja on
Tuesday.
“The PDP as a family prays for Yusuf’s speedy recovery to enable
him return to his normal life.”
The party said it was reassured by reports from the presidency
that Yusuf was in a stable condition.
“We also commend the prompt intervention by medics even as we
value the concerns of all well-meaning Nigerians and their prayers
for Yusuf and the first family,” it said.
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