The former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has disclosed that when former president Muhammadu Buhari died, he wanted to make a public statement insulting him.

However, he stated that his wife discouraged him from carrying out the act.

Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Friday, Fayose lamented that people in Nigeria only praise the dead.

He argued that the late former president did not meet acceptable standards during his eight-year tenure.

He said, “The people in Nigeria only praise the dead. When President Buhari died, I wanted to come out and abuse him, but my wife called me not to say so.

“Would you say Buhari performed? I’m not among those praising the dead. Don’t honour me when I die. When I die, I’m gone.

“When President Buhari was in government, we all knew what this country was. So, nobody should come and tell me that (President Bola) Tinubu is not doing well.”

The former Ekiti governor said, unlike Buhari, Tinubu is accessible.

He said, “He (Tinubu) is accessible. Was the former president accessible?

“A lot of things are happening in those days but do you still find them in the system? He is not a perfect man, but we are not where we were.”

In defence of Tinubu, Fayose said, “Nigeria is a sick country; it will take heaven to pull it out at once.

“What miracle can anybody do in two years? The situation is critical, wide and deep. Tinubu inherited a very bad economy.”