Don’t use Buhari’s health for personal interest, Akande warns presidential aides

In a related development, a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has warned some presidential aides against using the health condition of Buhari for personal aggrandizement.

Akande, who stated this in a statement made available on Monday, also claimed that the president’s ailing health is taking a toll on the country.

He also cautioned against those wishing to take political advantage of the situation, saying that the country would overcome the present development.

While wishing the president soonest recovery, he lamented his inability to attend the wedding of his grandson in Kaduna.

He said, “These are two great red flag dangers that have the potential of plunging the country into unprecedented chaos and of destabilising the gains of democracy since 1999.

“The greatest danger, however, is for political interests at the corridor of power attempting to feast on the health of Mr. President in a dangerous manner that may aggravate the problems between the executive and the National Assembly without realising if, in the end, it could drag the entire country into avoidable doom.

“Let me warn today that those who wish to harvest political gains out of the health of the president are mistaken. This is not Nigeria of 1993.

“We are in a new national and global era of constitutionalism and order. We hope Nigerians have enough patience to learn from history.

“My greatest fear, however, is that the country should not be allowed to slide into anarchy and disorder of a “monumental proportion.”

Akande further disclosed that he felt bad that Buhari could not attend the wedding of his grandson in Kaduna on Saturday.

He said, “I did not see President Buhari at the wedding of his grandson in Kaduna last Saturday. I was sad, and I wept.

“When last we met at the wedding of his daughter in Abuja last December, I complained to him that I was not happy about his stressful looks.

“His reply connoted some allusions to circumstances where an honest man fighting corruption is surrounded mostly by unpatriotic, greedy ruling class. He felt painfully frustrated.

“He assured me he would soon be going on vacation. I then knew that corruption had effectively been fighting back. And I prayed for Nigeria.

Akande therefore urged Nigerians to pray for Buhari’s recovery, adding that it was necessary to prevent Nigeria from being thrown into confusion.

“To avoid the ugly consequences of letting Buhari’s ailments throw Nigeria into confusion, I am urging all Nigerians to begin to pray for his divine healing and perfect recovery,” Akande added.