Yar’adua: Buhari, Atiku want 15-man team to Saudi Arabia – Daily Trust

Former Military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar led other top politicians in the country to the National Assembly yesterday to call on the Federal Government to constitute a 15-man investigation team to visit President Umaru Musa Yar’adua in Saudi Arabia.

In a position under the auspices of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) presented to Senate President David Mark yesterday signed by General Buhari and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the group of politicians said the step has become necessary as a disconnect now exists between President Yar’adua and the people of Nigeria.

The movement suggested that government must activate the provision of Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution which deals with situations that involve incapacitation of Mr. President as a result of ill health.

It said the team of 15 credible persons to Saudi Arabia should be made up of a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, one member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the President’s personal physician and other highly respected and independent medical practitioners nominated by Nigeria Medical Association (NMA).

Others to be on the team as proposed by NDM include the Majority and Minority Leaders of both chambers of the National Assembly and one representative each from the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), National Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) and the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS).