Nigeria’s Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the people behind the death rumour of President Muhammed Buhari as abnormal human beings.
In a statement issued, Obasanjo urged Nigerians to pray for the President rather than wish him dead.
“Instead of bothering Mr. Buhari with such ‘worrisome’ declarations of his own death, what the president needs ‘are our prayers and best wishes’ which will ginger his morale to come back stronger and better,” the statement read.
Obasanjo said the death rumour was wicked, callous and treacherous.
There have been persistent reports in the news and social media of President Buhari passing away in Europe where he is on vacation. The presidency has fought tirelessly to refute the reports and even posted pictures of the president in London to quell the death rumours.
Last month, President Buhari had written to National Assembly declaring his intention to begin a 10-day leave from January 23 2016. The President’s letter, which was read out by Senate President Bukola Saraki also notified of a temporary hand over of power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
His leave is supposed to end on February 6 2017.
Obasanjo cautioned against ‘politicizing’ every situation in the country, saying he was also a victim of death rumours while in office.
“No normal human being will wish an elderly person dead, irrespective of their differences. If you don’t like him, wait for another election, not going about to say he is dead. No matter his health situation, we should pray for him to recover quick and come back stronger and better. For anyone wishing him dead, such person or group of persons are callous, wicked and treacherous,” Obasanjo said.
“Even if we know that the President is sick, he is in a better position to know what to say or what to do and not wishing him dead. We should just stop politicizing everything, especially with the elderly in the country.”
