Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has pleaded with leaders of
the All Progressives Congress (APC, especially former Lagos State
governor, Senator Bola Tinubu to be human enough to allow the party’s
presidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) embark on
his planned medical trip abroad.
The governor said Buhari was being prevented from travelling abroad
for medical treatment, despite his ill-health so as to avoid
controversies.
Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New
Media, Lere Olayinka quoted Governor Fayose as saying at a campaign
rally in Omuo Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government that “Buhari is a car
with a damaged engine but being packaged by Tinubu and his cabal whose
only interest is the wealth of Nigeria.”
He said; “In all the campaign rallies held by the APC, Buhari never
spoke for more than six minutes.
“Buhari will just utter some words that he had rehearsed and any
attempt to bring in new words always result to confusion in his brain
due to senility. That was the reason he called his running mate
Osunbade instead of Osinbajo and also referred to Imo State as Ibo
State.
“This is clear evidence of ill-health, old and and senility. Those
packaging Buhari to achieve their personal ambition of gaining
unhindered access to the wealth of Nigeria should fear God and allow
this old man to take care of his health,” the governor said.
Speaking further, Fayose, who insisted that “Buhari is old and sick
said; “they had programmed Buhari to travel to the U.S on 26th of this
month, but they opted out when the secret trip was reported in the
media.
“As a cover-up, the APC cabal sold a story to the press that Buhari
was invited to attend a programme in the US by the Center for
Strategic and International Studies, (CSIS).
“Interestingly, the CSIS programme was billed for January 26, the same
day Buhari was said to have planned his medical trip to the United
States of America.
“However, the programme was cancelled, leaving Buhari with no excuse
to travel and instead of them to allow the man to travel as he had
planned, the APC cabal, who are obviously more interested in the
presidency than Buhari’s welfare are urging him on.”