Barely a few hours after the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, arrived London, the Presidency has released a statement on the immediate call for the resignation of her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Presidency, through the Senior Special Assistant to the President, on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, described the Ekiti State Governor’s call for Buhari’s resignation, as an act of desperation for publicity.
In a chat with Channels TV last night, Garba said the Presidency never responds to anything Fayose says.
His words: “I’m sad that you are inviting me to speak on Governor Fayose. If you follow the Presidency, we don’t talk when he talks, because he is desperate for publicity.
“We have a Constitution that governs the country, and the Constitution is very clear about how the country runs. This country has a tripod of authority, in terms of distribution of political power.
“You have the Parliament, which is doing its own work; you have the Judiciary, which is running; you have the Executive, and we don’t have any problem with this, so therefore, if anybody has a problem with the Constitution, then they should go and change it.”
Also, Buhari’s Presidential Adviser on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, chastised Fayose, over his call for the resignation of Buhari.
Ojudu wondered why Fayose would call for the President’s resignation, at a time all Nigerians are praying for him.
“He (Fayose) has been quarreling with everybody. Even in Ekiti, he is demolishing filling stations belonging to the opposition”, Mr. Ojudu, a former Senator from Ekiti, stated.
“He has always been insulting the President, and disparaging a man old enough to be his father.
“He is portraying Ekiti in a bad light. We are not like that. Is he the only Governor, why is it that he is the only one making so much noise?”
Ojudu said Fayose had failed in governance, plunging his people into hardship and poverty.
“Right now, fuel is not being sold in Ekiti, because he is busy demolishing filling stations, under one guise or the other”, he continued.
“People are buying fuel from neighbouring States. People are suffering; they are tired of his ways.
“Go and tell him to concentrate on governance, and to stop insulting the President.”
Recall, that Fayose had on Tuesday, urged Buhari to resign, if he truly loves the country, as ill-heath was not allowing him effectively discharge his constitutional duties.
