Some notable All Progressives Congress leaders have been accused of plotting to become VP in the event that Buhari dies in
office.
Northern leaders have accused some All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains and associates of President Muhammadu Buhari
of scheming to be vice president, in the belief that the president may not survive the ailment that has affected his performance in
office, Saturday Sun has revealed.
It is believed that the President’s health has worsened due to his lack of appearance in public after coming back for a treatment in
London.
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), during the week, warned those it said, were praying for the demise of the President.
Reacting to this development, prominent ACF leader, Senator Joseph Waku, chided those
wishing President Buhari dead and warned that if they didn’t retrace their steps, the
President may read their obituary. He accused some Buhari’s associates of scheming to be vice president.
He likened developments on the president’s health to what played out between Nigeria’s
first President, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, on one hand and Dr. K. O. Mbadiwe and Chief R. B. K.
Okafor on the other.
He said: “There was a day that Dr. K .O. Mbadiwe and Chief R. B. K. Okafor announced that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the Owelle of Onitsha was dead, and they went
ahead to set up a funeral committee. Zik, in his response, said his traditional title as, the
Owelle of Onitsha forbade him from attending a funeral, otherwise, he would have attended the burial of these two
people. And it came to pass, as these people died and Zik lived another 19 years.
“I’m not speaking for President Buhari, and I’m not casting aspersion on those who
wished him to die, it is only God, who controls life. First, who in this world cannot be sick? You have a leader, a President that
has fallen ill,. Rather than pray for him, because of your evil mind and because you are very deep in corruption that somebody
has come to fight corruption or minimise it, then you are not happy with him. It is God that brought Buhari to power, let no human being say he brought Buhari to power. APC didn’t win election; it was Buhari who won.
God has a purpose for Buhari to have become the president of this country, and the good Lord that we worship will see him
through to finish his calling.”
Senator Waku said he was not bothered, but felt sorry for those who thought that they
controlled life, noting that, “sometime, I wish I were not a Nigerian, because it is only in this country that your leader is sick
and you sit down and pray for him to die. I cannot challenge God, otherwise I would have asked God why He made me a Nigerian. To those who do not like the truth,
God will always take them away for the good of the country”.
He regretted that while Buhari, out his patriotism, often ignored doctors’ advice to continue to render services to this nation,
some people sat to pray for him to die.
He prayed that the President would regain his health and work for the country as he
had done in the past and would in future.
He expressed dismay that some people, even in the President’s cabinet, were already allegedly issuing letters and sending
messages to lobby for the yet-to-be vacant position of the vice president.
Stressing that God would enable President Buhari to accomplish his God-given assignment of cleaning up the country, Waku said: “America produces dollars, but
no American has seen the volume of dollars that we are seeing here. If not for Buhari, who would have known that some people
stocked dollars in their homes? Dollar is American currency, but there are more dollar cash in Nigeria than in America. If
Buhari didn’t take over, Waku said, Nigeria would have gone bankrupt, rather than be
in recession.”
He noted: “I’m sure in the homes of these people praying for him to die, several people have died, who were younger than Buhari.
It is only God that gives life, as well as, takes life. This wishful thinking, God never answers such prayers. Some people who are
not doctors have called for the National Assembly to declare the office of the President vacant.
They don’t even know the
procedure, but that is their feelings, rather than kneel down and pray for their leader or
neighbour, we have this. It tells you how wicked some people are.”
In the same vein, President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Shettima Yerima, queried the ill will against
the President all because of lust for power.
He said those angling to profit from the President ill health, apparently knew “it was
going to come,” just as during the time of former President, Umaru Yar’Adua.
