Buhari too old to govern - Fayose

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has dismissed speculation that he has ambitions for the PDP 2019 presidential ticket 

Fayose calls on the president Buhari to urgently devalue the naira to lessen the pains on Nigerians 

Says Buhari does not have the capacity now to govern Nigeria
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has said his attacks President Muhammadu
Buhari are born out of a sense of responsibility, being the most senior governor in Nigeria.

According to Vanguard, Fayose who spoke at an interactive forum in Lagos said by 2019, President Buhari who he claimed is presently bogged down by age would have become too old to govern. 

He called on the president to urgently devalue the naira to lessen the pains on Nigerians. 

The Ekiti state governor also used the opportunity to dismiss speculation tying him with Senator Ali Sheriff, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) for the 2019 presidential ticket. 

He said: “Anybody flying the kite of Sheriff and Fayose is the deceit of the highest order. Again, even if it is the Senate, I am not going to contest. 

Nobody contests the office of the Vice President you can only become the Vice President of Nigeria if God wants you to be. May I make it expressly clear that if Ali Modu Sheriff wants to contest as president of Nigeria in 2019, I will not support him, I am a man known for my words of honour. 

We must operate based on principle if our country is to move forward.” He said those suggesting he had ambitions for the 2019 presidential ticket are trying to blackmail him and give Nigerian the impressions that his attacks President Buhari was for political reasons.  

Speaking on why President Buhari should not run for a second term in 2019, he said: “those promoting Buhari for 2019 should stop. I have told Nigerians that Buhari does not have the capacity now to govern Nigeria. What capacity will he display in seven years time?  Currently as it stands, the President is challenged by age.”  

In another development, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country. Tinubu, according to Punch, told journalists in Lagos, on Saturday, April 2 that Nigerians should hold the PDP responsible for destroying the country during its 16-year rule.