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Govs’ Abuja meeting not on Buhari’s health — Ajimobi

- From Dele Ogunyemi, Ibadan

Governor Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has advised citizens to continue to pray for the wellbeing of President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders instead of peddling unfounded rumour about them.

The governor, who gave the advice in an interview with journalist­s at the Alakia Airport, Ibadan, shortly on his return from an official trip to Abuja, at the weekend, dispelled the rumour on Buhari’s alleged ill-health.

Ajimobi said he was in Abuja for a scheduled meeting with World Bank officials, stressing that no governor was invited to any imaginary meeting to discuss the health status of the country’s leader as being rumoured.

Ajimobi said: “There is no iota of truth in the rumour making the rounds that governors were summoned to Abuja for an emergency meeting to discuss the health status of our dear President.

“We should desist from circulatin­g callous insinuatio­ns aimed at denting the image of prominent citizens.

“Instead of peddling unfounded rumour, I will advise Nigerians to continue to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders, including governors, because their well-being is tied to the well-being of the people.

“The rigours of governance require that leaders take time off to relax and recoup for the daunting challenges ahead of them. We should be fair to our leaders because they are also human beings with feelings.

“It is pertinent to state here that the President only went for a break and to use the opportunit­y to undergo routine medical check-up. To the best of my knowledge he was not even admitted into any hospital for any ailment.

“There is nothing wrong with the president taking some time off to rest and meet with some people abroad unofficial­ly. I’m reaffirmin­g the fact that our President is hale and hearty.”

Recalling the negative comments that trailed his recent interactio­n with the protesting students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, in the social media, the governor said it was high time the medium was regulated to forestall its abuse for the good of all.

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