Buhari Urged to resign over ill-health
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Having been over 50 days now
that the President, Muhammad Buhari had left the country for UK on follow-up
checkup, the Enugu Diocese (Anglican Communion) has urged President Muhammadu
Buhari to resign over his prolonged health issues.
According to the Church,
Buhari’s long ill health has impeded the growth of the
nation and it is best he
Buhari’s long ill health has impeded the growth of the
nation and it is best he
resigns if he is unable to
discharge his duties, The Guardian reports.
discharge his duties, The Guardian reports.
In a communiqué
issued on Monday, June 26, at the end of her third session of
the 16th Synod, held at the Christ Redemption Church,
Ogui –Nike, the Church,
issued on Monday, June 26, at the end of her third session of
the 16th Synod, held at the Christ Redemption Church,
Ogui –Nike, the Church,
however expressed compassion
over the President’s
present situation but noted
that the development had
that the development had
kept him “away
for too long”
for too long”
Speaking on the issue of
corruption, the Church also
corruption, the Church also
asked the federal government
to make public the
to make public the
outcome of the investigations
of the special panel
of the special panel
headed by Acting President
Yemi Osinbajo, over the
Yemi Osinbajo, over the
large sums of money recovered
by the Economic and
by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) in a private
(EFCC) in a private
apartment in Osborne Towers,
Ikoyi, Lagos as well as
Ikoyi, Lagos as well as
the arms recovered by the
Customs.
Customs.
Although the Church commended
the federal
the federal
government on the war against
corruption and
corruption and
corrupt practices, it noted
that informing Nigerians
that informing Nigerians
about the outcome of
investigations on the recovered
investigations on the recovered
money would further boost
their support in the fight.
their support in the fight.
On the quit notice issued to
Igbos in the North, the
Igbos in the North, the
warned against the repetition
of the pogrom of 1967
of the pogrom of 1967
and called on the federal
government to ensure
government to ensure
adequate protection of the
lives and property of Igbos
lives and property of Igbos
residing in the north. The
Church urged Igbos to
Church urged Igbos to
refrain from making
inflammatory speeches on the
inflammatory speeches on the
development.
The Church also condemned the
gruesome killing of
gruesome killing of
Christians in Southern Kaduna
and expressed
and expressed
disappointment that no
arrests, prosecution, and
arrests, prosecution, and
conviction of the culprits
have been secured since the
have been secured since the
heinous act was committed.
The Church demanded that
perpetrators of the acts
perpetrators of the acts
should be brought to book in
the interest of justice
the interest of justice
and fairness.
President Buhari departed for
London UK for
London UK for
medical treatment on May 7, while before his
departure, the president was rarely seen in public for a while, fuelling
speculation about his state of health.
