Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Wednesday, claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari has been on life support
for 20 days in a West End hospital in London, saying he needs our prayers. Governor Fayose, who addressed newsmen at Government House, Ado Ekiti, said only a few Nigerians had been able to see the president since he took ill and admitted in a London hospital, saying âa cabal has taken over the presidency.â

Fayose said: âOf a fact, our First Lady, Her Excellency, Mrs Aisha Buhari was not allowed to see her husband during her last visit to the United Kingdom. If only she will be courageous enough to admit.
âOnly three Nigerians who are of the Presidentâs cabal are allowed access to the President. I will keep their identities for now.
âAnyone with contrary claim should produce the President to Nigerians within the next 48 hours.â
In a statement entitled: âBuhari on life support for 20 days, needs prayer; Presidency must tell Nigerians the truth alwaysâ, Fayose said.
âToday, it makes 53 days since our President, Muhammadu Buhari, left Nigeria to attend to his health challenges abroad. No official information as to his whereabouts and his state of health.
âLike every other Nigerian, I do not wish the President dead. I have therefore maintained dignified silence since we were told that the president embarked on his second medical trip abroad this year.
âHowever, the recorded audio message which was released by the presidency as the Presidentâs Ramadan message to Nigerians necessitated my setting the records straight today.
âNo doubt, the audio message was only a damage-control strategy aimed at further deceiving Nigerians.â
The governor said he âelected in good conscienceâ to make the statements, saying âit is obvious that Nigeria is drifting like the last days of YarâAduaâs government.â
Speaking further, Fayose, who is the chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, said âNigerians will recall that I warned against electing President Buhari on the account of his age, health and mental capacity.
âNigerians will also recall that when they released pictures to the press claiming that President Buhari had an interview with Kemi Fadojutimi of âAll Eyes on Africaâ TV Show in London, on Monday, February 23, 2015, I proved to the whole world that the interview was conducted in Suite 881 at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
âHate me or like me, again I am putting Nigerians on notice on the present state of health of our President.
âI am not unaware of the various attempts on my life; I am undaunted as I remain committed to truth and fearlessness because a manâs life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.
âDear Nigerians, even though President Buhari needs our prayers and we should keep praying that God takes total control of his situation. It is equally imperative that our leaders must tell us the truth at all times.
âIt is time that the President takes the interests of Nigerians above his own and resign from office so that our country can move forward. The fate of Nigeria and its people must not remain in the hands of the Presidency cabal, our country must be set free.â
He said, âIt is time the President throws in the towel and resigns and allow this country to move forward,â saying âif truly we love this country, the President loves this country and his handlers, they should release Nigeria to move forward and allow whosoever that has the capacity to move this country forward because as we are, Nigeria is in limbo.â
On how he wants Nigerians to believe him, he said he had tentacles as a governor and that âsome of the information are coming from within the Presidentâs party but they have no corkage to say it.â
He said: âSome of the information are coming from the leadership of APC, either in government or in the party. They donât have courage to say it. When they give us the information, we verify it. Part of this information is from the APC in government and in their party.
“That is the truth. But we have gone further to verify and establish these facts. But largely, most of them know that these information are true and they are from their members.â