The City Reporters
Fayose’s “advert of death” against Buhari
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has challenged Muhammadu Buhari, a Muslim, to swear by the Holy Quran that he did not visit a hospital in the United Kingdom last week.
Reports had circulated online that Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), went for a brief medical checkup at a hospital in London.
The APC has, however, denied the news and said its flag bearer was in London to visit former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The party released a picture of the Buhari, Blair and some other people who were at the London visit.
Fayose, who had raised concerns about the “ill health” of Buhari in an advertorial that was widely condemned, would have none of it.
The outspoken governor also boasted that Buhari, a former military head of state, would never lead the country again.
“Without doubt, it is obvious that members of this cabal in the APC is trying so hard to deceive Nigerians on Buhari’s health status,” Fayose said in a statement released by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka.
“That is the reason they have been using photoshop pictures to defend their lies on Buhari’s UK trip,” the Sunday statement said.
“First, they used a March 5, 2013 picture, claiming that Buhari was taking a walk in London on Thursday. Later they came up with another poorly cropped picture of Buhari with former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
“The same people who lied in September 2012 that they received a gold card invitation to attend the Democratic National Convention in the United States of America are behind the dressing of Buhari in the garment of lies.
“I challenge Buhari to swear by the Holy Quran that he did not visit hospital in the United Kingdom last week.
“I wish they can see spiritually what I am talking about that Buhari, despite the hullabaloo will never be president. I predicted my return as Ekiti State governor and I am saying it again that Buhari will never rule Nigeria again.
“After President Goodluck Jonathan, there will be a young element in his late 50s from the North that will be Nigerian president. I want to liken this revelation to the story of Elijah and Elisha. I am the Elijah while my followers are Elisha.
“I owe it a duty to Nigeria and its people to expose the antics of the APC cabal whose only interest is to seize power to further selfish interests.”
The APC has told Fayose, whose utterances has been dubbed “indecorous,” to stop wishing its presidential candidate dead.
