Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, has alleged that some people want President Muhammadu Buhari dead so they can become deputy to acting President Yemi Osinbajo.
Sani, a staunch critic of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, made the allegation while speaking to reporters shortly after inspecting artefacts of Mallam Aminu Kano at Mumbayya House Centre of Democracy inKano on Sunday.
Osinbajo has been piloting affairs in Nigeria since Buhari travelled to the United Kingdom on January 19 on an extended medical vacation.
The President’s absence from the country has sparked concern about his health especially after fake media reports that he had died.
“Those peddling rumours of Buhari’s death are not distance enemies who by hook or crook want to be vice president to Osinbajo but unfortunately they woefully failed because Buhari is coming back safely and healthy,” Sani said.
“Unfortunately for them, neither the vice president, Professor Yomi Osinbajo, nor Buhari trusts them.
“Osinbajo is a trusted ally to his boss and he dislikes anything that would make him compromise the trust he enjoys”.
While not naming anybody, Sani said he was worried that some of Buhari’s men are not sincere in their tasks.
“Buhari has a daunting task of fumigating his government, cleanse it and flush out these hyenas who eat from the nation’s treasury without pains,” he said.
The lawmaker said “it is open fact that today, politicians are only interested in getting power to use as launching pad of their personal businesses”.
He said despite the economic diversification agenda of the government, the economy was still being dictated by foreign interests “living the nation still an imperialist dominated economy”.
