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  • Shame on those wishing Buhari dead – Adesina

    Mr. Femi Adesina, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari has published an article, “They learnt Nothing and forgot nothing”, where he said shame to those wishing death for Buhari.

    He decried the false publications about the death of Buhari and said: “Shame upon evil wishers, purveyors of lies and wickedness. “Do they have blood running in their veins at all? Do they realize that wishing another person dead, is sin before God?, he asked” The President is currently in London for follow up treatment.

    Adesina said it was wrong for any group of people to wish the President dead and clone websites of international media houses to announce the falsehood. “Why do some people want their own President dead? Why do they want the eclipse of a man who is actuated by nothing other than love for his country? Why have they constituted themselves into enemies of national progress, haters of all that is good? ”

    But must any human being be hateful to the point of wishing another person dead, and indeed broadcasting a death that never happened? Shame. “They saw the Deux ex machina, the Invisible Hands of God, between January and March, but they are so steeped and marooned in unbelief, evil wishes and malediction, that they have started all over again. “Last Sunday, they cloned popular websites for the umpteenth time, using them to announce the figment of their diseased imagination.

    “They learnt nothing, and forgot nothing from the immediate past experience. And you begin to ask yourself, just as the Good Book also asked:”Why do the heathens rage, and the people imagine vain things?” Why do they arrogate to themselves the power that belongs only to God? “I can kill, and I can make alive,” says God in His word.

    “But these purveyors of hate possibly don’t know God. That is why they declare a man dead, when God has not said so. Once has God spoken, and twice have I heard it, that power belongs to God.”

  • Presidency dismisses death rumour, says nothing unpleasant happened to Buhari

    There was tension over the weekend as rumours circulated that President Muhammadu Buhari died at a London hospital where he was said to be receiving treatment.

    The rumours gained ground after a news website published a story that the President was dead.

    The rumour soon spread like wild fire in different parts of the country with many Nigerians making frantic phone calls to ascertain the story’s accuracy.

    The presidency however said on Sunday that there was no truth in the news.

    Reacting to the rumours on Buhari’s health, Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, said nothing unpleasant happened to the president.

    Shehu said this on yesterday while reacting to speculations on social media that Buhari had died

    He described the speculations as “baseless rumour”, urging Nigerians to disregard them.

    “Baseless rumors are trending again that an unpleasant thing has happened to our beloved president, Muhammadu Buhari,” he tweeted.

    “If you have received this information on WhatsApp or Facebook, disregard it because it is plain lies spread by vested interests to create panic

    “Nothing unpleasant has happened to the president. No cause for apprehension. Thanks for the many calls.”

  • ‘Pray Buhari returns safely’, Catholic bishop begs Nigerians

    Bishop Martins Uzoukwu, the Catholic Bishop of Minna Diocese, on Sunday urged Nigerians irrespective of tribe, religion or political differences to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari to steer Nigeria to greatness.

    Uzoukwu said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Minna shortly after Sunday service that praying for the president was necessary in view of the myriads of problems in the country.

    “I specifically pray for our President to return back home safely to administer the affairs of our great country, we should all seek divine intervention in our nation’s socioeconomic and political activities.”

    The bishop stressed that Nigerians must shun sentiments and support the government to move Nigeria out of its present predicament, adding that the prayers of all Nigerians is necessary in this respect.

    He also called on Nigerians to always wish their leaders well, to enable them implement policies that would be beneficial to all.

    Uzoukwu commanded President Buhari for demonstrating the political will in ending the senseless killings of Nigerians by the insurgents in the north east.

    He said that Nigerians must assist the government and security agencies to tackle other crisis situations in Nigeria, in order to ensure peace, progress and political stability of the nation.