Those behind the rumoured death of President Muhammadu Buhari are “wicked and callous,” former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said.
President Buhari is presently on a 10-day vacation in the United Kingdom but the Presidency said he would also attend to his health while in the UK.
But few days after he left the country, it was rumoured that he was dead. This was however, promptly denied by the Presidency.
In a statement on Friday by his Media Aide, Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said rather than bad wishes, Nigerians should pray for the President.
The former President also warned against “politicization of the President Buhari’s health.
According to him, “No normal human being will wish an elderly person dead irrespective of their differences.
“If you don’t like him, wait for another election and stop spreading rumour that he is dead.
“No matter what his health situation, maybe, 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.
“I was also rumored to have died almost 12 times.
“I don’t know what they derive from doing so, but, they should seek for forgiveness.
“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 politicising everything, especially with the elderly in the country,” Obasanjo said.
