"Spin succeeded": Buhari's fabricates Villa rat invasion story as cover up, details emerge

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 8 years of acquisition covering metro, authorities policy, and planetary issues

FCT, Abuja - The Former Special Assistant connected Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, said the Villa rat penetration communicative was a cover-up for Buhari’s illness.

Shehu said helium fabricated the Villa rat penetration communicative to divert nationalist attraction distant from concerns astir President Buhari’s wellness and capableness to govern.

Shehu Garba says the Villa rat penetration communicative was a screen for Buhari’s illness. Photo credit: Muhammadu Buhari/@GarShehu
Source: UGC

As reported by The Punch, Shehu disclosed this successful his publication “According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson’s Experience,” launched connected Tuesday, July 7, successful Abuja.

In Chapter 10 of the book, titled “Rats, Spin and All That,” Shehu said determination was truthful overmuch speech aft it was announced that Buhari would beryllium moving from location aft returning from the United Kingdom aft astir 3 months of aesculapian treatment.

“So successful the fewer hours of the president’s return, I picked up a speech successful the bureau of the CoS, wherever the chief, a fewer main officers, and the imperishable caput sat implicit lunch, a harm to a cablegram was noticed, and it needed fixing.“When the surge successful calls for mentation of wherefore the president would beryllium moving from home, if genuinely helium had recovered his wellness and acceptable for the bureau came, I said to the reporters that the office, which had been successful disuse, needed renovation due to the fact that rats whitethorn person eaten and damaged immoderate cables.”

Buhari’s adjutant further stated that the past Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, and Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo asked him wherefore helium came up with the communicative during a meeting.

“I said to them that the prime I made was deliberate: I wanted the treatment to shift, to determination to immoderate different contented too the president’s wellness and his quality to proceed successful bureau arsenic the person of the country. In my view, that rotation succeeded. Both of them disagreed, saying that this was good disconnected the mark.”

Buhari reportedly spent days successful ICU successful London

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Buhari is recuperating from an undisclosed unwellness successful London, United Kingdom.

Buhari was said to person spent days astatine the intensive attraction portion (ICU) successful a London infirmary aft falling sick during a aesculapian trip.

According to the report, the erstwhile Nigerian President volition instrumentality to the state erstwhile helium is afloat recovered.

Buhari: “Why I missed ECOWAS 50th anniversary”

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Buhari expressed regret for not attending the ECOWAS 50th day solemnisation held successful Lagos connected Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

In a connection issued connected Wednesday, Buhari said helium missed the lawsuit owed to a regular aesculapian check-up successful the United Kingdom.

Buhari hailed President Tinubu, who is the person of the bloc, and paid tribute to General Yakubu Gowon, the lone surviving laminitis of ECOWAS.

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Source: Legit.ng