Obviously
concerned about the health condition of president Muhammadu Buhari, a
top APC chieftain has spoken out about why the president has to be taken
seriously.
President Muhammadu Buhari
The founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,
(APC) Chief Bisi Akande, in an emotional statement issued today, urged
Nigerians to pray fervently for President Muhammadu Buhari's health,
warning of the “ugly consequences” of letting the president’s poor health throw Nigeria into confusion.
He also warned those persons who wish to harvest political gains out of Buhari’s condition that they are mistaken.
“This is not Nigeria of 1993,” he stressed. “We are in
a new national and global era of constitutionalism and order. We hope
Nigerians have enough patience to learn from history. My greatest fear,
however, is that the country should not be allowed to slide into
anarchy and disorder of a "monumental proportion."
A text of the statement:
"AKANDE URGED NIGERIANS TO PRAY FOR PRESIDENT BUHARI's HEALTH
"May 1, 2017
"The founding National Chairman of the All Progressives
Congress, (APC) Chief Bisi Akande has urged Nigerians to pray fervently
for President Muhammadu Buhari's health. The health of the leader is
intricately intertwine with the health of the Nation. It is more so in a
delicately fragile Union of Nations called Nigeria. I did not see
President Buhari at the wedding of his grandson in Kaduna last Saturday.
I was sad, and I wept.
"When last we met at the wedding of his daughter in Abuja last
December, I complained to him that I was not happy about his stressful
looks. His reply connoted some allusions to circumstances where an
honest man fighting corruption is surrounded mostly by unpatriotic,
greedy ruling class. He felt painfully frustrated. He assured me he
would soon be going on vacation. I then knew that corruption has
effectively been fighting back. And I prayed for Nigeria. That was why
Ashiwaju Bola Tinubu and I rushed to meet him in London in February this
year when he was sick and could not return as scheduled from his
vacation. The rest is history, but we must appreciate that his poor
health is already taking a toll on the health of Nigeria as a polity.
"There are two challenges facing the country today. The first
and most critical is the health of the President which, unfortunately,
is a development beyond his control and for which we did not prepare.
The second is the disorder and lack of cohesion between the National
Assembly and the Presidency. These are two great red flag dangers that
have the potential of plunging the country into unprecedented chaos and
of destabilising the gains of democracy since 1999," The greatest
danger, however is for political interests at the corridor of power
attempting to feast on the health of Mr. President in a dangerous manner
that may aggravate the problems between the Executive and the National
Assembly without realizing if, in the end, it could drag the entire
country into avoidable doom.
"As delicately fragile the Union of Nations making up Nigeria,
so delicately fragile the democracy and the rule of laws governing the
polity of the Union called Nigerian Federation. Certain Nigerian
leaders, having been blindfolded by corruption, assume the possibility
of using money in manipulating the national security agencies to
intimidate, suppress and hold down certain ethnic nationalities or
playing one ethnic nationality against the other with a view to
undermining the constitution and perversely upturning the rule of law.
To avoid the ugly consequences of letting President Buhari's ailments
throw Nigeria into confusion, I am urging all Nigerians to begin to pray
for his divine healing and perfect recovery.
"Let me warn today that those who wish to harvest political
gains out of the health of the President are mistaken. This is not
Nigeria of 1993. We are in a new national and global era of
constitutionalism and order. We hope Nigerians have enough patience to
learn from history.
"My greatest fear, however, is that the country should not be
allowed to slide into anarchy and disorder of a "monumental
proportion."
"Chief Bisi Akande"
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