- A co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls group Aisha Yesufu has revealed how President Buhari can remain a private citizen
- Yesufu called on President Buhari to either resume work or resign
- She made the call during a protest in Abuja
A co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls group Aisha Yesufu has said that President Muhammadu Buhari's health status will remain a public affairs until he resigns from office.
Reacting to a statement made by the presidential aide on social media Lauretta Onochie Yesufu said it is wrong for anyone to think the citizens have no right to demand details into the president's health condition.
The activist said while president Buhari's hand over to his vice Yemi Osinbajo to function as acting president is constitutional, it has become obvious that Osinabjo is limited on responsibilities to take.
Yesufu spoke to NAIJ.com at the #ResumeOrResign protest led by Concerned Nigerians in Abuja.
She said: "What she (Onochie) needs to understand is that for the president to be a private citizen where people will never ask for his health status is for him to resign."
The moment he no longer has that attachment - the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria - no Nigeria citizen will ask for his health status and he can live the way he want to live.
Whether he has handed over or not handed over, he is still the president of the country.
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When the president of the United States of America Donald Trump was going to call the president of Nigeria, we had an Acting President then but he called President Buhari in London.
Why didn't they tell President Trump that he (Buhari) was a private citizen then .
What we are saying is that we just want the president to resign so that he can be a private citizen were people cannot make demands or ask him to declare his health condition," Yesufu said.
Yesufu said the turn out of events in the country has made it clear that President Buhari's actions, even while far away in London affects Nigeria as a country.
Speaking on the attack on the protesters by officers of the Nigeria Police, Yesufu said, every Nigerian citizen have a right to protest and freedom of expression.
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She said: "As a citizen, I feel strongly that people have a right to protest, so I have to come out and support them and basically what they are asking is for the president to do what is right."
"For over 90 days, 94 days to be precise today, the president had to go away for health reason; we all understand, we are all human everybody is probably living with one health situation at one time or the other. But holding the country to ransom is what is wrong.
A lot of people will say, he has done what he needed to do constitutionally, that he has handed over power to the Acting President but we have seen that there is a limit to what the Acting President can do.
And of course, at the end of the day it is all about Nigerians," she added.
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NAIJ.com earlier reported that Onochie said it is disrespectful for anyone to inquire details of Buhari's health condition.
Onochie speaking during an early morning show with Channels Television said the president having handed over power to Osinabjo is a private citizen.
She also said it will be intrusive for citizens to continue demanding details into Buhari's health.
You can watch this NAIJ.com video of Benue state governor revealing why President Buhari might not return soon:
