Colonel Abubakar Umar is a commentator on public and national issues and he stands his ground that the President whose voice was transmitted is very ill and cannot continue in government . He maintains it was very obvious from how he sounded that he cannot continue to be in office :
We have heard President Yar’Adua’s voice. This shows he is alive but his voice equally reveals that the man is very sick and incapacitated and therefore must handover power. His voice proves that he is very weak and needs rest and cannot continue. It is too obvious.
We have been having protests as a way of asking that the right thing should be done. Any good Muslim or Christian who heard his voice and really loves him should ask him to resign and go and take care of himself. We should stop punishing him by insisting he continues in office .
If we want him to live longer, he should resign because what the voice we heard confirmed is that he is seriously sick and incapacitated. He must hand over.
There are no two ways about it. The National Assembly has said it would send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to go and see things for themselves but we heard him quite alright and that is the confirmation of what we have been saying. He cannot continue. We should stop being emotional or playing politics about this.
If people really love him as they claim and want him to live longer, they should ask him to resign and take care of himself.
