Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to reach him on telephone to prove that he is hale and hearty.
The presidency has released a list of the persons Buhari had telephone conversation with since he left the country for the UK on January 19.
Among them are foreign leaders like President Donald Trump of US; King Mohammed VI of Morocco; and Alpha Conde, Guinean president and chairman of the African Union (UN).
In Nigeria, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman; Lai Mohammed, minister of information; and Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, are among those who have spoken with Buhari on telephone.
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The decision to make the conversations public is seen as a move to dispel the rumours that Buhari is critically ill.
But in a statement issued on his behalf by Idowu Adelusi, his chief press secretary, Fayose taunted the presidency, saying he could help in convincing Nigerians that Buhari is well.
“If their problem is that they are looking for a credible person who can help them convince Nigerians that all is well with our president, I’m their best bet,” he said.
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“Let the president speak with me. If I tell Nigerians that the president spoke with me, Nigerians will believe.
“Since they are eager for the president to speak to people; believing in this way to convince Nigerians that their president is hale and hearty, let president Buhari talk to me. I can be reached on 08035024994. I am credible and Nigerians will believe me.
“They said he spoke to President Donald Trump; despite the hype, Nigerians were skeptical. Then they said he spoke to the king of Morocco; again, Nigerians were suspicious. Before we recovered from that, it is now the AU president that they said President Buhari spoke to.
“A president that can speak with outsiders should be able to whisper or wave to his own people. The people gave him the very important platform of President on which he stands today and, therefore, Presidential aides should stop giving the unhelpful impression that Buhari has no respect for the Nigerian electorate.”
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3 comments
I support the idea of the President speaking with Ayodele Fayose
A ten (10) day break had turned indefinitely
Why are the APC leaders treating PMB as their personal President? PMB & APC had already betrayed the trust of leadership we av in dem. I believe those non-Nigerians PMB is talking to will vote for him & APC come 2019. Though INEC might av concluded plans to rig for APC but I believe Nigerians will resist them this time around. Gov. FAYOSE, I stand wt u on this.
We have not been told officially that Mr President is sick, lay Mohammed said that he’s Hale and hearthy. Well as for Mr President speaking with outsiders instead speaking to the people that gave him the mandate And our NTA can cover any APC activities but can’t cover our president discussing our current issues while relaxing abroad, Pls, Pls, Pls, Pls, all these movie actors in the presidency should know that any act of deceit awaits the wrath of God only the truth shall set you free. Nigerians will open the APC page come 2019 period!!!!!