Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari “is too sick to govern” and should be allowed to retire to his country home in Daura. Th e governor, who spoke in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, also turned down pressures to recant his attacks and claims on the health, saying he stands by all his statements on the President’s health.
Fayose has been under attack from diff erent quarters and in the social media since the president returned to the country from his medical vacation in London. He, however, denied making such statements, adding that his enemies had created the comment to paint him in a bad light. “Let me tell you expressly, why would I commit suicide? I cannot commit suicide because of my mother,” he said. “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 make such statement.” Fayose also cited the cancellation of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in support of his claims that the president needed to rest from the task of governing the country. Fayose said he stood by his claims about the president being in coma on July 6, and said he had no apology over his comment perceived by many as insensitive. “If not for our eff orts, Buhari wouldn’t have returned now,” Fayose said. “He is sick and tired and even his physical appearance portrayed this and he needs to go home and rest.”
