Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said that he want to go and see President Muhammadu Buhari in London if access is given to him. He said this in an interview with Sunday Punch.
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You said you have 11 damaging photos to prove President Muhammadu Buhari’ s health is deteriorating. How do you feel when governors and aides close to Buhari are saying the President is recovering?
We thank God that the President is able to come up and talk that he is hale and hearty. My statement put pressure on the Federal Government – because since the President left no one heard anything about his health status. If you listened to the Ebonyi State Governor (Dave Umahi), he said it was a miracle that the President recovered. If something is a miracle, it means that what I said about the President’s health was the truth. With due respect, everything I have said is the truth and remains the truth. The fact that one is placed on life support does not mean that the person cannot recover . But the question should be : does one have the health to continue with rigorous work of office?
Do you think you should have been included on the list of governors invited to the United Kingdom to see Buhari?
I’m indifferent. Nigerians wanted me to be there. But I believe in the judgment of my colleagues. If Nigerians wanted me to be there but they (Buhari’s handlers) didn’t give me the access, what can I do? I have to move on and join them to wish the President well. What is important is Nigeria. When Senator (John) McCain was sick in the United States, he came out boldly to say he had a brain tumour. The health of the President is a public issue. It is the handlers that are causing the confusion. Like I said, I don’t want the President dead, but we want to know the true state of health of our president. For me, I ’ll love to go there (the UK) to see (him). But if they say they are not giving me a passage, it is all well and good, as long as the President is hale and hearty. If he is not fit, let him resign.
