Following a recent call by a National
Leader of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, Bola Tinubu, on Nigerians to stop
unnecessary speculation about
President Muhammadu Buhari’s health,
the Patron of Anti-Corruption Crusader, Prof. Tayo Adeyemi, has admonished
the APC Chieftain to stop engaging in
“mere political ruse.” In a statement he personally signed,
Adeyemi said it would have been
better for the APC chieftain to remain
silent on the issue of Buhari’s health
because he had failed to speak at the
appropriate time and watched as the President was portrayed in bad light. He noted that the comment of the
former Lagos State Governor was a
failed attempt to pull the wool over
the eyes of Nigerians as the
relationship between him, Tinubu, and
Buhari was deteriorating. Stressing that the failure of the Buhari’s
administration was already visible to
Nigerians, Adeyemi admonished
Tinubu “to refrain from playing on the
intelligence of the educated class of
Nigerians.”
Adeyemi said, “Tinubu’s press
statement has therefore unfortunately
come too late as the political space has
been contaminated by the
undercurrents of anonymous
sponsored articles in the media to portray Buhari in bad light by
unidentifiable spin doctors and masters
of propaganda normally used by
political adventurers.
“Tinubu’s nonchalance to the Buhari
administration’s strides and effort has
been undisputedly apparent. “Public analysts, political observers, the
educated class, the electorate and
Nigerians in general have read
between the lines and realised this
press statement to be none other than
a mere political ruse. “The press statement is, therefore, a
faux pas and totally unnecessary. It is a
sign of weakness or guilt complex.
“It would have been more appropriate
if the APC National Chairman-John Odie
Oyegun, the Minister for Information or
the Senate President had issued this
sort of statement. It is out of place and
irrelevant for Tinubu to issue this in his personal capacity.”