Buhari(Left) and Amosun(Right) |
The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has berated the
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for his continuous scathing
remarks about the health status of the All Progressives Congress
presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), saying Buhari
is stronger than Fayose.
He said this on Monday while speaking with journalists after meeting
with 705 community development associations and cooperative societies in
the state at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta.
Fayose’s recent remarks came on the heels of the ongoing visit by the
APC presidential candidate to the United Kingdom, where he met former
Britain’s Prime Minister, Tony Blair, among other engagements.
The Ekiti State governor had alleged that Buhari had gone for a
check-up on his alleged failing health, instead of a working visit as
claimed by the APC.
But Amosun said it was not in the character of the Yoruba to wish anyone death.
He said, “It’s a big shame from the quarters where the allegation came from. We are Yoruba.
“There is an unwritten rule: t’aba n ja, bi ti ka ku ko (Even if we are quarelling, it is not to wish each other dead).”
“Even in this instance, we are not fighting. We want to represent our
people. How can a sane person wish somebody else dead. It is a disgrace
to our race as Yoruba for somebody to be wishing another person dead.”
“For your information, General Muhammadu Buhari is even stronger than
the character that is saying the man is weak; maybe because of the
military background.”
Amosun, who was part of Buhari’s entourage to the UK, said he had to
struggle to catch up with the 72-year-old retired General, despite his
own age of 57.
He said, “Even because of the way I walk, it’s like catching up with
him. For his age, maybe because of his military background. It’s like
seeing Baba Obasanjo too and say he’s old. Even when we went to Ben Television, I told him ‘you can’t follow
me, you have to go home’. He was willing, he was ready even in the cold.
The man was walking round. We went to about five different places. The
man is hale and hearty.”
He further berated the ruling party for going viral on the Internet
with falsehood, on the purported visit of Buhari to a London hospital.
He added, “You can see the photoshop they are using; they are saying a
lot of rubbish. This is not politics. It is descending to an abysmal
level and I think all lovers of democracy and all lovers of humanity
should caution them.”
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