Former militant urges Nigerians to pray for President Buhari
- Former militant leader is calling on Nigerians to pray for President to recover rather than wishing him death on daily basis
- He expressed surprise over the continuous death wishes to the president, insisting that Nigerians should let Buhari alone to govern Nigeria
- Israel Akpodoro also lashed out at Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose over what he described as 'unwarranted attack' on President Buhari, calling him unfit to be chairman of PDP governors forum
Former militant commander Israel Akpodoro has called on Nigerians to halt wishing President Muhammadu Buhari dead, rather it would pay Nigerians to pray for the president and let him recover to take care of the affairs of the nation.
The former militant leader, who is taken aback with the torrent of death wishes, implored Nigerians to let the president be. He maintained that it would be of no good to Nigerians to see the president dead and plunge the nation into mourning.
He also commended the president for acting swiftly by deploying soldiers to The Gambia to oust the sit-tight former President Yahya Jammeh, who refused to handover to elected President Adama Barrow, a development which would have led to bloodshed in the West African state.
Akpodoro, who is the national president of National Coalition of Ex- Niger Delta Agitators, also called on the Ekiti state Governor Ayodele Fayose to stop his continuous attack on the president, describing his action as unbecoming of a sitting executive in a Nigerian state.
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He lampooned the governor, describing him as a scoundrel even as he said Fayose is not fit to be chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum.
In an e-mail to Legit.ng, the former militant leader said it was unfortunate that an unbridled character like Fayose found his way into Ekiti government house, thereby using it as a platform to insult the sensibilities of well-meaning Nigerians.
He said that Fayose has a hateful heart for the president and his immediate family as he called on the governor to thread softly and not to take the gentility of the retired army General - turned politician for weakness but rather a strength in character.
He stated that rather than thinking of how to sack President Buhari from office, Fayose should think of how to deliver quality service to Ekiti people devoid of corruption and criminal looting of the state's treasury.
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The Urhobo-born ex-militant leader alleged that: "Fayose enjoys a stolen mandate acquired with the arms fund meant to wage war against insurgents in the north east. He has lost his conscience to electoral fraud being a consummate scoundrel with a shameless face."
Akpodoro said Nigerians know the havoc the PDP perpetrated in office and that no sane mind would cast a single vote for the umbrella party especially when led by Fayose.
The group held that as long as Nigerians were concerned, PDP is dead and will never rise again, wondering why now that the party no longer enjoys stolen money from the national treasury.
He called on the governor to start preparing his handover note to the All Progressives Party (APC) candidate in 2018 as his tenure winds down by the day.
Source: Legit.ng
