BEVERLY HILLS, February 28, (THEWILL) – A Muslim group has responded to allegations of an Islamic agenda levelled against President Muhammadu Buhari, by Ayo Fayose, Governor of Ekiti state, saying the governor was suffering from “diarrhea of the mouth”.
The group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a pressure group headed by Professor Ishaq Akintola, responded to Fayose in a press statement released on Sunday.
“By making such a wild and untenable statement, Fayose has just emerged as the most idle executive governor Nigeria ever had,” the statement read.
“Even a ten-year old Nigerian child knows the reason for Buhari’s visit to Saudi Arabia. Turbulence in the price of oil has greatly impoverished Nigeria and Buhari is employing diplomacy to turn round our oil fortune.”
“Playing pranks with Buhari’s visit to Saudi Arabia simply shows that Fayose has lost all sense of objectivity. Like a comedian governor and a court jester primus inter pares, Fayose prefers to cast a wicked joke with the fate of the Nigerian economy.”
“But his attempt to whip up religious sentiment has failed woefully because Nigerians know that Fayose is a pathological liar, an unstable politician and an unreliable judge of men.”
Fayose had said at a church service in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, on Saturday alleged that Buhari’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia along with some top politicians was to map out ways of islamising the country.
“I want to reveal one secret here; they have started subtle moves to make Nigeria an Islamic nation. But God will not allow it. This was done in 1984, but it failed. I cannot run away; I am Ayo Fayose. If you hit me, you hit trouble, if I hit you, you will be in trouble,” he had declared.
“Nigeria is a free nation and this nation will not be taken for an Islamic nation. Today, I decree the return of a PDP government in 2019. They (APC) are here by chance, they will go by chance.”
Story by David Oputah
