Ebun Francis || Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to speak with him on the telephone if he is to convince skeptical Nigerians that he is fine.
The Ekiti state Governor, a strong critic of President Buhari was responding to the release of the list of people President Buhari had spoken with by the Presidency while still on medical vacation in the United Kingdom.
Fayose’s position was contained in a statement issued on his behalf by Idowu Adelusi, his chief press secretary.
The statement read, “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.”
“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.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has been away for over one month on a medical vacation in the United Kingdom. There have been some unsavory rumours over the state of his health, they have in the most been dispelled by the Presidency.
