One
of the media aides of Buhari has been attacked amidst death rumours
trailing the President who is currently on an emergency 10-day vacation
in the United Kingdom.
Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday lashed out
at the Presidency saying they should stop lying to Nigerians over the
health status of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He also said Nigerians cannot afford to have another constitutional
crises due to Mr. Presidents health according to the Vanguard. The
Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu had attacked Mohammed on Monday
saying he is suffering from pathological cynicism.
According to Shehu, “Mohammed’s kind of critics is toxic to
national progress because they are only primarily interested in
destroying every positive effort and achievements of the government and
we advise Nigerians to be wary of prejudiced and biased critics like Dr.
Junaid.
"Mohammed who are more interested in personal publicity than respecting facts and figures about their claims”.
But reacting to Shehu’s statement, Mohammed said the Presidential
spokesperson should stop telling Nigerians lies about his health just as
he maintained that General Sanni Abacha remains one of the healthiest
President Nigeria ever had.
His words, “I believe Sheu is under pressure which is why he
attacked me. However, I believe strongly they need to stop lying to
Nigerians about Mr Presidents health. Can they actually tell Nigerians
what this medical leave or routine check-up is? They don’t seems to be
telling us the truth”. Mohammed who maintained he has been
President Buhari’s friend since when he was a secnd lieutenant in the
Army said he cannot shy away from telling the President the truth
anytime he misfires.
He said, “If I am to comment on issues that concern Nigerians, I
won’t shy away from telling President Buhari the home truth anywhere he
is making mistakes. I criticized General Abacha as Head of State and
told him some truths in private and sometimes face to face. I believe if
people can challenge their friends in power, it shows they are not
intimidated by the powerful”.
“If Aisha Buhari can say what she said about her husband, I
think the President needs to check himself and retrace his steps on some
issues that concerns the country. I think the question the President
needs to ask himself is that after one he has taken over the reigns of
power, what has changed? Is Nigeria better off than when he took over on
May 29, 2015? The truth is that Nigeria is worse off today than when
Buhari took over the reigns of power.
“If Aisha Buhari can say what she said about her husband, I
think the President needs to check himself and retrace his steps on some
issues that concerns the country. I think the question the President
needs to ask himself is that after one he has taken over the reigns of
power, what has changed? Is Nigeria better off than when he took over on
May 29, 2015? The truth is that Nigeria is worse off today than when
Buhari took over the reigns of power.
“Every Nigerian today is worse off and nothing seems to be
working under this government. Some who are rich in 2015 cannot say same
today due to the economic woes that Nigeria is presently experiencing
and we cannot continue to close our eyes off it”.
He further explained, “This administration has failed in
tamming the economic woes that seems to have turned everyone poor in
present day Nigeria. Even though the administration made some giant
strides in the fight against Boko Haram, the country is still not safe
as people still live in fears even in Kano today. And there is also
political crises in the party where President won his own election. So
the President seems to be at war with everyone including the National
Assembly members”.
He however maintained, “I believe President Buhari should
engage in turning around the fortunes of Nigeria economically,
politically and security wise. By now, his administration should have
stopped blaming the Jonathan government for their woes. I believe that
in Politics, you take assets and liabilities”.
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