Governor
Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, who seems the loudest opposition voice against
President Mohammadu Buhari’s government, has said that his agitation and
revelation about what had happened to the President while away in London, was
responsible for the return of President Buhari on Saturday.
Fayose, who
said this on Wednesday, when speaking to leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic
Party (PDP) at the government office, said he stands by all his claims about
the President being in coma on July 6.
He said he
had no apology whatsoever for all he has said about the President.
Affirming
this in a press release from his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the
governor who reiterated his call for President Buhari’s resignation, said: “If
not for our efforts Buhari wouldn’t have returned now. Buhari is sick and tired
and even his physical appearance betrayed this and he needs to go home and
rest.
“Today, they
have cancelled the Federal Executive Council meeting. You cannot hide the truth
forever, it will reveal itself someday. You cannot continue to deceive
Nigerians.
“Every word
that has come out of my mouth before the President’s return, I have no apology
for them. President Buhari was indeed in coma and one of those who visited him
said his recovery is a miracle, that shows that he was indeed very sick.
“Let Buhari
go back to Daura and rest. Don’t send him to early grave. Buhari is not old
enough to be my father, my mother is older than Buhari, he cannot be my father,
he can only be my uncle. I am close to 60. I stand by all I have said about the
President. We are glad he is back, but don’t over flog him.
“I am not a
sycophant and I stand to speak for Nigeria. Somebody must be able to speak on
behalf of the poor masses. This was how they deceived us during the time of
Yar’Adua. I am not a hypocrite and I will never be one. This country deserves a
very healthy person. The office of the president is not for a sick man. The
president is tired and should be allowed to resign and go and rest,” he said
details later.
“I have said
it severally and without apologies. Everything I said when the President was
away, I stand by them. The president actually went into coma and this was
attested to by what one of the governors who visited him when he was abroad
said that his recovery was a miracle. When somebody’s recovery is a miracle it simply
means something very serious happened to the person.
“Since the
President himself cannot disclose his health status and also the extent of his
ailment, it apparently shows that there is so much to hide. Not until civil
societies and people like us started making noise. You can’t be our president
without us knowing what is happening to you. So, for me, the president went to
coma July 6. Today, they can come back and organise rallies and all that; they
attested to the fact the President recovered by miracle which we are glad
about. We are happy th at he is back But when you look physically look at the
President he is physically. You will see that he is emaciated tired and weak.
“You don’t
have to be president at all cost, when you are tired. You go home. I don’t want
to talk about 2019′ but I want to tell you that Nigeria needs a president that
is agile and strong. The job is too much for an individual that does not have
what it takes. It is a common saying that health is wealth. Everything is about
health. We wish him well and we want him to recover but the President should
throw in the towel , resign and go home.
“You see
they said he would come back and resume in his office, he resumed in his office
, they said rats have taken over his office! A presidential office, rats took
over his office!
“Now they
said he is working from home, tomorrow, they would say he is coming from
bedroom. All these stories are ending up in a make believe. In a country where
you have so much to do, I m not going to be a sycophants here. I am going to be
on the side of the common man, the President is tired. I feel for the president
like every other elderly persons, or even people who are not elderly. They
could be sick. But when it comes to the issue of governing a country. There is
so much responsibility to this and we must equally be able to stand up and say
if the president does not have what it takes to continue, he should throw in
the towel.
Asked if he
would oblige if invited to see Buhari, Fayose said: “I cannot go and greet the
president if invited and the reason is that such action would be misinterpreted
to be something else. So, it is good for me to wish him well from a distant and
be able to tell Nigerians the truth.”
Denying that
he ever said he would commit suicide should Buhari returns home as being
speculated in the social media, he said: ” I can’t commit suicide because of an
old man. Such are from miscreants on the social media. Let me tell you
expressly, why would I commit suicide? I cannot commit suicide because of my
mother. Even if they are burying my mother now, I will cleverly stay away from
the grave so that I won’t fall into it.
“I can’t
commit suicide because of Buhari. I never said that and will never made such
statement. Truth is that the pressure from me and many other Nigerians made the
president to return home. They have been treating this matter under the table
forgetting that the life of a president is an open book that can be read by
everybody and anybody. What I am saying in effect is that it is in the overall
interest of everybody that we have a president that is strong enough to do the
job,” Fayose insisted
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