Ayodele Fayose, former Ekiti State Governor, has
urged President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling
All Progressive Congress (APC) to ensure he
attends the presidential debate slated for
tomorrow.
Presidential debate for candidates of political
parties is billed to hold on January 19.
Mr Fayose, factional head of the South West
campaign organisation of Atiku Abubakar, the
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
made the call on Friday.
Messrs Buhari and Abubakar are major
contestants in the presidential election scheduled
for February 16. They are expected to participate
in the debate.
There are insinuations in some quarters that the
president who seeks a second term in office will
dodge the debate. As at press time, POLITICS
TIMES could not verify if the APC flag-bearer
would be present at the parley.
“They challenged @atiku to travel to US, he is
there now. We are challenging President Buhari to
come and debate tomorrow, no excuse!†Fayose
tweeted.
Mr Abubakar, a former vice president popularly
known as Atiku on Thursday travelled to the
United States, the first since he left office in 2007.
Since he left office he has been unable to visit the
country, this the All Progressives Congress (APC)
maintained was because of corruption allegations
involving him at the U.S.
Atiku’s visit has rattled the APC-led
adminstration, forcing it to dug out a fresh
corruption allegation against the former number
two citizen.
The government said the former vice president
has issues to clarify on his role on the collapse of
Bank PHB.
Source:
www.tori.ng/news/114680/fayose-mocks-
buhari-as-atiku-visits-the-us.html
