- The personal assistant to the president on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, describes those demanding for President Buhari to address the nation as ignorant
- Onochie says some people in public service are private people in that they like to keep their personal lives out of the public domain
- The presidential aide says it is wrong to compare the Buhari situation with that of late President Yar'Adua
The personal assistant to the president on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has attacked some Nigerians demanding that the health status of President Muhammdu Buhari be made public.
Onochie in a lengthy statement on Facebook on Wednesday, August 9, described those clamouring for Buhari to address the nation as ignorant of the provisions of the 1999 constitution.
The aide said some people in public service are private people in that they like to keep their personal lives out of the public domain while others place their personal lives in the public domain for all to see, noting that its an individual choice.
She stated that President Buhari had adhered to the provisions of the constitution by transferring power to his vice to become acting president, noting that it was wrong to compare the Buhari situation with that of late President Yar'Adua.
She said in Yar'Adua’s case the National Assembly was not informed nor were Nigerians informed that he was going on a medical leave.
The presidential aide added that the late president also did not hand over to his vice and that he took the power to run Nigeria with him.
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Onochie said the Yar'Adua’s case was not the case today as some Nigerians were presuming.
Read her full post below:
Meanwhile, a former minister of education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has called on Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to restrain the Nigerian police from dispersing a group of protesters demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari resumes work or resigns.
Ezekwesili made the statement in reaction to a news report that one person was injured as the police tear gassed the protesters.
The former minister in a tweet on Wednesday, August 9, warned that dispersing the protesters was the fastest way to grow the number of people that will join the protest.
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