The Edo State Government has reacted to pictures of Godwin Obaseki sleeping while President Muhammadu Buhari was delivering his speech at the United Nation’s conference in New York.
A statement signed by Crusoe Osagie, the special adviser to the governor on media and communication strategy, said Mr Obaseki can also experience fatigue and exhaustion, an indisputable fact of life, to which all humans are susceptible.
“Our attention has been drawn to a mischievous campaign designed to smear the image of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Governor Obaseki.
“The disparagers have populated the internet with photographs of the governor when he momentarily succumbed to fatigue after a long flight, preceded by a chaotic itinerary in Edo State before heading to New York for the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the United States of America.
“The idle hands and mischievous minds behind the smear campaign against governor Obaseki are clearly not people to be taken seriously.”
Mr Osagie said the internet is awash with photographs of outstanding world leaders who have at one time or the other yielded to fatigue at meetings.
Highlighting his work schedule prior to the trip, Mr Osagie said despite Mr Obaseki’s rare work culture, unmatched by his peers, “we have never portrayed him as a machine.”

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That's good. He is a human being. You can't cheat nature. Nevertheless, still standing with Buhari for a better Nigeria.

Body no be firewood.

I can't believe that we can still find humans supporting Buhari for a second term The fact that some people are considering him as an option is even more annoying. This is so embarrassing to us as individuals. Respect to all reasonable youths out there.
The man messed up by sleeping at such an event. It devalue us as a nation and make dwarf the giant in us.

Why bother insulting our collective intelligence...that place dey like where tired people dey rest?

Yet we expect to world to take us serious, with these sets of leaders.

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Dis people should know that it's not everything that should be reacted to

Big disgrace to my people. We will flog him publicly upon his return for this monumental embarrassment

At least they admitted what happened. We understand jare

If it was lie Mohamed he would say "his Excellency was not sleeping, as a trained military officer, he was wide awake with his eyes closed."

When lecture is becoming boring we always sleep. Most of us here on nairaland will sleep if Buhari is delivering a speech or lecture that is if he can deliver a lecture.

Nonsense!

Not when your president is delivering a speech.. buhari that’s more than 70 didn’t feel tired too?

He is human nobody is judging, besides those conferences can be boring

is it compulsory to attend?

deputy no dey ?

Whenever Buhari is about to give or giving a speech,
the thing to do is SLEEP!!

No one is above the force of sleeping

He should have remained at the hotel if he was tired, you don't sleep at such gathering after all his presence there has no effect whatsoever

It's no biggie


It could be anybody

They say we want to smear the governor, yet still say he momentarily succumbed to fatigue, which one Una they sef. Just blame Nigerians as being responsible for his sleeping at the U.N make Una rest. Kai APC! Lol

most Nigerian youths just sit at home and criticize and condemn ppl on social media..smh

Which kin stupid excuse be this?


So how come other delegates around him were looking agile?

Did he think he's going for his family meeting?

Must he attend the meeting?

who cares. he can suck donald trump dick, how e take concern me

I think this true

And he gets 1K USD daily for sleeping and contributing nothing to a world class meeting

Na wa oooo

Op, this is no excuse...so boring



Is it pnly Obaseki that travelled in a plane down there?

So other representatives trkked down there abi?

Ok

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madridguy:
He should have sleep at his hotel.

product of "magic centre" sighted

Okay

He Is High On Codeine

this people are taking us for granted. why going there to disgrace us when u know u are exhausted

Even though he is hardworking and unmatched with his peers,we never portrayed him as a machine......poetic