I have no apology over Buhari advertorial, says Fayose

I have no apology over Buhari advertorial, says Fayose

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has reacted to certain negative comments that trailed the advertorial he sponsored on the front pages of Punch and Sun newspapers of Monday, saying that he has no apology over the advertorial as it contained facts.

Fayose, who stated this through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, said that the truth can never be covered indefinitely, insisting that the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, was too old and sick to be president of this country.

The governor said that the advertorial was his
personal opinion as a citizen of this country and not
the opinion of the PDP.

The governor said: “I wish to refer to the late
President Umaru Yar ‘Adua who former President
Olusegun Obasanjo claimed was hale and hearty to
lead this country and subsequently took ill and died.

“I must assure all those who have expressed genuine
concerns, unlike the APC that is playing cheap
politics over the issue -that my intention is not a death wish to
General Buhari, but a factual position that APC is
covering.

“My consideration for the advertorial in the midst of
alleged ill-health of the late president is the need for
the nation not to forget the crisis we were thrown
into in 2010, but saved by the National Assembly
which had to invoke the Doctrine of Necessity after
protests by the Save Nigeria Group ( SNG)
“It is in defence of fairness that I called attention to
the
potential crisis we may face, God forbid, that the
health of the General becomes a hindrance if he was
president and his Vice who is from the South-West
would have to step into the saddle not too long after
Obasanjo’s eight years in office.

” I wish to draw attention to the lead story in the
Sunday Tribune of January 18, 2015, entitled,
‘Buhari’s planned visit to US causes furore.’
“The story revealed that arrangement had been
concluded to fly Buhari to the U.S. for a medical
check up. That Buhari has been stressed from effects
of the rigours of presidential campaigns across the
country and he is definitely in need of medical
attention, adding that age was a factor as rigours of
the campaign was getting at him”.

Fayose, therefore, advised Buhari to be sincere with
himself and step down for a younger and more
vibrant person.

“Again, I say it that Buhari is too old and spent to
lead Nigeria. The health of all of us who have stepped
into the leadership space is nothing personal to us
anymore as it has implications on the polity.”
Fayose said that he was certain that time will
vindicate him, calling on all Nigerians to vote
enmasse for President Goodluck Jonathan to avoid a
repeat of history.