Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has explained why he will not visit President Muhammadu Buhari: “I cannot go and greet the President if invited and the reason is that such action would be misinterpreted to be something else. So, it is good for me to wish him well from a distance and be able to tell Nigerians the truth.”

“I don’t want to talk about 2019 but I want to tell you that Nigeria needs a president that is agile and strong. The job is too much for an individual that does not have what it takes. We wish him well and we want him to recover but the President should throw in the towel, resign and go home.”

“They said he would come back and resume in his office, he resumed in his office, they said rats have taken over his office. Now, they said he is working from home; tomorrow, they would say he is coming from the bedroom. All these stories are ending up in a make-believe.”

“Buhari is not old enough to be my father. My mother is older than Buhari, not to even talk about my father, he can only be my uncle. I am close to 60.”