Elder statesman, Edwin Clark, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari, for jetting to London, United Kingdom, for medical treatment without handing over power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that Buhari left for London, United Kingdom, on Monday for a routine medical check-up.
According to a statement made by Femi Adesina, President Buhari will return to the nation in the second week of November 2022.
Speaking on Tuesday during a press conference in Abuja, Clark said, “Buhari should tell Nigerians the sickness he is suffering”.
The First Republic Federal Commissioner for Information said Buhari should comply with the Constitution and do the needful in line with global best practices because he cannot run Nigeria from abroad.
Clark said as President, Buhari should inform Nigerians about whatever ailment he had been suffering from.
He said the Supreme Court should be approached to seek interpretation of what Buhari had been doing without telling Nigerians the details of his health status.
“Nigeria belongs to all of us, we are not running a banana State. Buhari is taking Nigerians for a ride. He doesn’t have the right to jet out to London without handing over power to the Vice President in line with the constitution.
“At 95 years old, my group has seen enough of this country for more than 70 years. Nigeria is bleeding and only God knows how much of taxpayers money must have been spent by the President on his health. It is arrogance for Buhari to think he can govern Nigeria from abroad. He should hand over power to Osinbajo”, Clark stated.