Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has disclosed that his wife advised him against speaking ill of the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari following his death in early July.
Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today program on Friday, Fayose remarked, “The people in Nigeria only praise the dead. When President Buhari died, I wanted to come out and abuse him (but) my wife called me not to say so.”
Despite his wife’s caution, Fayose, a long-standing critic of Buhari’s administration, maintained his stance that the late former president did not meet acceptable performance standards during his eight-year tenure.
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“Would you say Buhari performed? I’m not among those praising the dead. Don’t honour me when I die. When I die, I’m gone.
“When President Buhari was in government, we all know what this country was. So, nobody should come and tell me that (President Bola) Tinubu is not doing well.”
The former Ekiti governor said unlike Buhari, Tinubu is accessible.
“He (Tinubu) is accessible. Was the former president accessible?
“A lot of things are happening in those days but do you still find them in the system? He is not a perfect man but we are not where we were.”
In defence of Tinubu, Fayose said, “Nigeria is a sick country; it will take heaven to pull it out at once.
“What miracle can anybody do in two years? The situation is critical, wide and deep. Tinubu inherited a very bad economy.”
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