by Musa Abdullahi
The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has claimed that foreign trip made to the United Kingdom, by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), proves that he is sick and lacks the capacity to rule Nigeria.
According to Fayose, the clandestine nature of the trip shows that APC leaders were covering up Buhari’s health status and hoping that he will become incapacitated like the deceased former president, Umar Musa Yar’Adua.
Muhammadu Buhari travelled out of Nigeria on Thursday, February 19, and the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, subsequently issued a statement saying that Buhari was on a short working visit to the United Kingdom.
However, Fayose released a counter-statement through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, saying that the party was being dubious about Buhari’s health.
He said; “The truth is that Buhari travelled out today (Thursday) to seek medicare in USA. If the APC people are saying otherwise, let them publish the picture of Buhari boarding the plane and granting interview to Aviation Correspondents at the Abuja Airport.”
“While I am happy that the APC people that are packaging Buhari finally hearkened to my plea that they should allow him (Buhari) to seek medicare abroad, I must say that it was evil for the APC to have lied that Buhari travelled on a working visit.”
“These APC political merchants should say the truth and save Nigeria from the possibility of another Yar’Adua experience.”
“They should tell Nigerians that Buhari is actually sick and lack capacity to rule Nigeria and that they are only packaging him, hoping that he will become incapacitated if he becomes president so that they can take over power by proxy.”
“Like I have maintained, the north should wait till 2019 to produce a younger, energetic and healthy president of Nigeria,” Fayose added.
