Buhari, Atiku, Others Must Undergo Mental Health Tests Before 2019 Elections – CUPP

Buhari, Atiku, Others Must Undergo Mental Health Tests Before 2019 Elections – CUPP

The Coalition of United Political Parties has called for mental
health tests for President Buhari; former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar
and all other candidates contesting the 2019 presidential election.  

It said the test should be conducted by an independent team of
experts in mental health issues. The coalition’s demand was contained in
a statement by its first national spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere.  

Ugochinyere said the test was necessary in order to ascertain the
presidential candidates’ mental stability before elections, “so that any
person who does not pass the examination should not be allowed to
participate in the election.” He said the CUPP had secured the
assurances of Atiku, who is contesting the election on the platform of
the Peoples Democratic Party, to subject himself to the medical test in
the general interest of Nigeria.  

`He urged Buhari to speak more to Nigerians and Nigerian journalists, especially through presidential media chat. He added, “CUPP
also calls on President Buhari to face the Nigerian media and stop
holding them in disdain as they are professionals and are renowned world
over for their expertise. How could a President not speak to any
Nigerian media house or journalist for over three years? How could a
President hold his entire country’s media and citizens in such disdain
that he speaks to them only through a crowd of spokespersons?  

“Nigerians want to know the identities of the persons that write
his speeches, their ideologies and their stake in the Nigerian project
because, many a time, the President reads speeches that are not in tune
with reality, as he did during the presentation of budget 2019 and was
rightly booed by lawmakers. This medical examination is very necessary
and all Nigerians of goodwill should join this call for the unveiling of
the real facts behind this façade presented to Nigerians.”