Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has said that rather than shop for
outsiders to speak with to prove to Nigerians that President Muhammadu
Buhari is hale and hearty, the president should be encouraged instead to
speak with him (Fayose)
”I advised the President to speak with me for the purpose of convincing
Nigerians that he is hale and hearty instead of looking for people
outside the country to convince Nigerians.”
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose
picked holes in statements that Buhari had spoken in one week, first
with the king of Morocco and next with the president of the African
Union. “If their problem is that they are looking for a credible person
who can help them convince Nigerians that all is well with our
President, Ayo Fayose is their best bet.
Let the president speak with me. If I tell Nigerians that the president
spoke with me, Nigerians will believe”, he said. Nigerians, he added,
are getting suspicious of all the purported visits to Buhari in London
as well as his orchestrated telephone conversations with international
figures who Nigerians cannot trust to give a true and unbiased report
about the president’s state of health.”
Since they are eager for the president to speak to people; believing in
this way to convince Nigerians that their President is hale and hearty,
let President Buhari talk to me. I can be reached on 08035024994.
I am credible and Nigerians will believe me”, he said.
“They said he spoke to President Donald Trump; despite the hype,
Nigerians were sceptical. Then they said he spoke to the king of
Morocco; again, Nigerians were suspicious.
Before we recovered from that, it is now the AU president that they said President Buhari spoke to.
“A president that can speak with outsiders should be able to whisper or
wave to his own people. The people gave him the very important platform
of President on which he stands today and, therefore, Presidential aides
should stop giving the unhelpful impression that Buhari has no respect
for the Nigerian electorate.
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