Outrage
has continued to trail the newspaper advertorial placed by the Ekiti
state governor, Ayo Fayose, stating that the All Progressives Congress
(APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari is terminally ill and
may soon die, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that it does not
represent the position of the party or the views of President Goodluck
Jonathan.
Disassociating
PDP and the President from the controversial advertisement, the Director of
Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaigns, Chief Femi Fani Kayode
said that the Ekiti state governor does not speak for the President and PDP as
a political party and that the content of the advertisement does not
represent the position of the party.
According
to Fani Kayode, "Governor, Ayo Fayose is a distinguish leader of our
party. A democratically elected governor and someone we have immense respect
and affection for and he released this advert in his own name.
"That
represents his own personal opinion which he is entitled to. That is what I can
tell you on our part as the Presidential campaign organisation. It does not
represent the opinion of the Presidential Campaign Organisation or indeed the
President, it is his opinion which he is entitled to.
"I
have spoken with him and we respect him but for any body to suggest that this
is the position of the presidential campaign organisation or President Goodluck
Jonathan, that will be most unfair. If we wanted to say something like that, we
will say it without any kind of apology but of course, .. but of course we will
never say that because we believe in the sanctity of life and age is not a
function of how long you will live ..it is important that we recognize the fact
that age is not an indication of how long somebody will live."
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