The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that those who are calling on the President to resign as result of ill health are entitled to their opinions.
Adesina, who spoke on Friday, during an interactive session with journalists at the launch of ‘Against The Run of Play, a book written by Olusegun Adeniyi, chairman of THISDAY Newspapers editorial board, said: “Saying the president should resign is an opinion but don’t forget that fifteen million people elected the president.
“So if one or two people express their opinion, will their opinion override that of 15 million people that voted for him?
“Those who are expressing their opinion have rights to their opinion,” he said.
The spokesman said that there is no need for apprehension over the health of President Buhari, saying that the speculations of his ill health are not necessary as God would spare him.
“God spared the president the first time. Remember he said that he has never been as ill as he was before. The same God that spared him will also ensure that he returns to full health,
“Nigerians prayed and God answered, Nigerians are still praying and God will still answer.”
The book launch took place at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, in Victoria Island, Lagos, and was chaired by former Head of State, Abdulsalam Abubakar. [myad]
