Edwin Clark, an elder statesman and First Republic Federal Commissioner for Information, has chastised President Muhammadu Buhari for travelling to London without handing over power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
WITHIN NIGERIA, the president was reported to have left the country for London yesterday for a medical checkup.
In response to Buhari’s visit, Clark demanded that he disclose to the country the nature of his illness.
He said, “Buhari should tell Nigerians the sickness he is suffering.”
According to him, Buhari should comply with the Constitution and follow global best practices because he cannot run Nigeria from abroad.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Clark argued that the Supreme Court should be approached to seek an interpretation of what Buhari had been doing without telling Nigerians the details of his health status.
He said;
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.
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