A national leader and former Deputy National Chairman, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, today faulted calls by some politicians on President Mohammed Buhari to resign over ill-health.
The PDP statesman made this known to journalist in Lagos. He described the call as wrong and inflammatory. He pointed out that it was inhuman for anyone to put pressure on the president to step down from office because of his health challenge.
He was keen to point out that it is only the president and his managers who could decide when he was incapacitated. He added that those making the calls are taking politics too far.
He added that though he had always been in different camps with the president, he was always praying for his quick recovery, urging all Nigerians, irrespective of political allegiance, to do the same.
“You see, I don’t support the call by some people that the president should resign because of his health. Even though I have always been in different political camps from the president, I do not think it is right for anybody to have evil thoughts towards him. He is ill and we can only wish him good health and pray for him; calling him to resign because of this is getting beyond politics. He is a human being and only God knows the appointed time for everyone. The Holy Book says we should always pray for people in authority; I think the president deserves everyone’s prayers, not comments that could even outrage some people and create unnecessary tension," he said.
According to the former military administrator of Ondo State, Nigeria is experiencing some challenges which require everyone to join hands to overcome.
He said the unbridled penchant of some people to make inflammatory comments along ethnic and religious sentiments would escalate the tension in the land.
