Oshiomhole, who spoke to journalists at his hometown in Iyamho, Estako-West area, shortly after voting during Saturday’s House of Reps by-election for Etsako federal constituency, noted that the dust generated by the vacation was unnecessary.
The President, as a citizen, is entitled to a period of rest and medical checkup. He said:
“I think it is unnecessary. Let us be honest, as the governor of Edo State, we have had to sponsor Nigerian medical doctors who requested for it in black and white that they had to be treated in India, the UK or the US and they gave me several reasons why they needed foreign medical check.”
Oshiomhole said it was unfortunate that some Nigerians preferred to peddle negative speculation to the extreme, rather than wish the President well.
He, therefore, urged Nigerians to be cautious of their utterances.
He said, “We like to speculate the worst. I have been in government; to be honest, the President today, as a retired general, does not need that. The least we owe him is prayer, not the kind of sponsored negative speculation that, sometimes, you wonder what the people really want.’’
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