The Special Assistant to the Governor of Ekiti State on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has said Governor Ayodele Fayose was not wishing the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), death.
“The governor is only concerned about the state of health of Buhari and the well-being of Nigeria as a nation since Buhari is one of the major contenders to the presidency,” he said.
“The Yar’Adua experience has made Nigerians to be interested in the health status of potential presidents of the country and Buhari, being old should be transparent in matters relating to his health.
“More so, the business of governing Nigeria is not a tea – party. The country cannot afford the chance of considering a 72 year old man, whose health status is suspicious as its president and someone must speak out as some people did when Yar’Adua saga was first ‘Umoru are you dead’ before it led us to Doctrine of Necessity.
“It is on record that Buhari never spoke for more than five minutes in any of the APC presidential campaign rallies. He has exhibited one of the traits of senility by referring to his party as All Progressives Confidence instead of All Progressives Congress, Independent Nigeria Electoral Commission instead of Independent National Electoral Commission, Imo State as Ibo State and his running mate as Osunbade instead of Osinbajo.
“Most importantly, Buhari was rumoured to have planned to travel abroad for medical treatment in January, this year. The trip was however shelved at the last minute and it should raise suspicion for a personality like Buhari to have travelled through the Abuja Airport without any of the Aviation Journalists interviewing him.
“Buhari’s handlers further raised suspicion on Friday, when they published photographs he took in London in 2013 on the Internet, claiming that the pictures were taken on Friday.
“The APC should come to equity with clean hands and accept the burden of presenting an old and analogue Buhari as it’s candidate and stop blaming Fayose for exposing to Nigerians what they are covering concerning Buhari’s health status.”
