The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday disclosed that governors who visited President Muhammadu Buhari in London advised him not to rush back to Nigeria.

Ortom made the disclosure while addressing journalists in Makurdi, the state capital, following his resumption of duties after completing his two weeks leave.

The governor, who was part of the delegation of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, that visited Buhari last week in London explained that the president was recuperating fast and would soon return to Nigeria.

According to Ortom, the President is in high spirit and eager to return home to resume his duties.

He said, “When we met the president, he was in high spirit and is eager to return to Nigeria, God has shamed those who wanted the president dead, he chatted with us.

“We told him to take his time and recuperate well until his doctors find him fit to resume work.”

Berating those politicizing the ailment of the president, the governor said Buhari as president represents Nigeria and whatever happens to him should be of concern to every Nigerian.

“What he needs is our support and prayer, here in Benue we were the first state to start praying for the president because if the president is sick Nigerians are sick, God has put those who think that President Buhari would die to shame, my prayer for them (the critics) is that God should forgive them,” he said.