Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed the state afterwards spending to a greater extent than than 3 months inward London for medical treatment.
In a televised address, Buhari on Mon thanked Nigerians for their prayers as well as said he was pleased to hold upward "back on domicile soil amid my brothers as well as sisters".
Buhari returned to Nigeria Saturday after a long absence that has led unopen to to telephone outcry upward for his replacement and for the military machine to remind its personnel to stay loyal.
The authorities of Africa's most populous state has never said what just is ailing the 74-year-old leader.
He likewise spent 7 weeks inward London for handling before this this twelvemonth as well as said he had never been as well as then sick inward his life.
Nigeria's ongoing challenges include the deadly Boko Haram insurgency as well as a weak economy.
In Monday's speech, broadcast ii days afterwards his supply on Saturday, Buhari said he followed events inward Nigeria on a daily footing during his absence as well as was concerned past times discussions over the possible dissolution of the country.
"I was distressed to respect that unopen to of the comments, peculiarly inward the social media cause got crossed our national ruby-red lines past times daring to enquiry our collective being equally a nation," said Buhari.
Buhari likewise said Nigeria's safety agencies should non permit successes achieved against Boko Haram over the terminal xviii months "be a sign to relax", adding that Nigeria would "reinforce as well as reinvigorate" the battle against the fighters.
"His oral communication was real large on unity as well as he did refer safety problems," said Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi, reporting from Abuja. "He did refer how distressed he was virtually unopen to comments on social media merely people were expecting him to hand to a greater extent than details virtually his status, virtually what has been ailing him.
"People wanted to involve heed to a greater extent than virtually that merely he did non refer anything to produce amongst that, as well as then that's a disappointment."
Soi added, however, that many Nigerians had noted Buhari looked inward improve sort than when he had returned inward March.
"When he returned inward March, he said he would accept things easy. We saw him immature lady unopen to cabinet sessions as well as Fri prayers - merely he does aspect stronger to when he returned inward March," she said. "People are hopeful that he's gotten better. Many Nigerians are real relieved that he is dorsum as well as looking much stronger.
"People lined the streets when he arrived."
Manji Cheto, a senior vice-president at Teneo Intelligence, told Al Jazeera that Buhari's oral communication was "anticlimactic" as well as "instead of allaying fears opened the doors for speculation."
"A lot of his [Buhari's] back upward base of operations volition say: 'well he's dorsum as well as tin continue,' merely critics of the authorities volition aspect at this as well as say: 'this is a president whose been away for 100 days as well as failed to hand an explanation equally to why he's been absent.
"On the upside, he looks a lot improve than he did when he returned inward March merely that doesn't modify the dynamic - there's soundless a lot of doubt if he tin behave on until the cease of his mandate."