Ailing Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada on Friday, returned to Cedarcrest Hospital in Garki 2, Abuja on crutches.
Wada came for his first post-surgery medical examination three days after he was discharged from the hospital, where he was admitted after he was involved in an auto crash.
He expressed gratitude to President Goodluck Jonathan in particular and Nigerians in general for their show of love and affection.
Wada, who arrived at the hospital in a convoy of three vehicles just a few minutes past 10 am, was in a metallic grey Toyota Caravan and was clad in a white Kaftan with a multi-coloured cap to match.
He expressed gratitude to God for his speedy recovery and for sparing his life.
The governor commiserated with the people of Kogi State over another recent fatal accident that took the life of a security aide to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Lawal Jimoh.
Wada said he “received the news with rude shock but we cannot question God.”
He said, “It is unfortunate but everybody should take heart. Death is from the Almighty God, it's from Him we came and to God we'll return.”
Wada spent about 45 minutes with the consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Cedarcrest Hospital, Dr. Felix Ogedegbe.
According to Ogedegbe, the governor's speedy recovery was not a miracle but a medical process that had worked for hundreds of patients who had similar cases.
He said the efficacy of the process, which makes patients walk without crutches within three and four weeks, has been scientifically proven and has worked for many patients.
Ogedegbe said, “From your chat with His Excellency, he is doing very well at the moment; he was discharged a couple of days ago from hospital and he has come for his first routine check.
“From our assessment, he is doing very well and he is gaining steadily on his post-operative course; we have not seen any problem at all, his physiotherapy is going on. Just as you saw him with crutches, he's walking around, he's keeping fit and with all the things we've asked him to do, I think he's doing very well at the moment.”
On how soon the governor will drop the crutches, the doctor expressed optimism that, “it will be very soon.”
