Fayose hired men to monitor Buhari in London – Buhari campaign

Progressives Congress Presidential campaign organisation today said that Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose had hired men to stalk its presidential candidate, retired General Muhammadu Buhari who is on a working visit in London, United Kingdom. “The APC had learnt on good authority that Governor Fayose has hired people in London who have been trailing the movements of the APC presidential candidate while on his working visit in London,” a statement by the campaign media and publicity director Malam Garba Shehu said. ‎

Fayose is one of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s governors who went to the extent of sponsoring front-page death wish advertorials ‎insinuating that Buhari would die in office like some former heads of state of Northern extraction did. Despite the nationwide condemnation of the advertorials, Fayose seemed to be pestering on the issue with last week’s stories credited to him saying Buhari has been flown abroad for medical attention.

 ‎ ‎The APC campaign office has therefore appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to call Governor Fayose to order over his continued pestering of Buhari with falsehood and death wishes.

“Let it be on record that knowing Governor Fayose’s antecedents, we are not leaving anything to chances. The Governor who has published death-wish advertorials on Buhari will stop at nothing. If anything should happen to General Muhammadu Buhari while in London or anywhere, the authorities over there in the UK and at home should know who to hold responsible,” the statement said. On his itinerary in London, Buhari confirmed that he will honour his speaking engagement at the Royal Institute Of International Affairs, Chatham House in London scheduled for Thursday, February 26.

‎The campaign office said Buhari had an interview Friday with a local medium, the “All Eyes on Africa TV Show” with Kemi Fajodutimi and met with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday. Shehu disclosed that Buhari left the London residence of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona at about 1.30 pm yesterday UK time and returned to his rented flat in the city.