Tinubu didn’t receive medical treatment, has survived all rumours of ill health, party adds
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Bola Tinubu did not leave the Summit on New Global Financing Pact in Paris last week to receive medical treatment in London, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back in defence of the President.
Critics had speculated Tinubu left before the end of the summit to fix his ailing health in the United Kingdom, with him claiming it was a “private visit.”
APC Publicity Director Bala Ibrahim quashed the speculation, saying Tinubu has proven through his electioneering and post-inauguration activities that he is fully prepared for the rigours of presiding over the affairs of 200 million Nigerians.
“Why is it that every time the President travels, people will speculate that he went for treatment? Yet, not once did any of these speculations come to pass. Everything they speculated against the President didn’t materialise,” Ibrahim said, per The PUNCH.
“For God’s sake, why can’t they jettison this mentality of ‘the man is sick?’
“When you investigate, you will discover those making these silly statements are not doctors. Some are even mechanics. Who is healthy? They should even look at what nature is doing. About three of the speculators have died while the man is moving.
“People should, therefore, stop challenging God. Nobody is 100 per cent healthy and the man himself has said he [contested] to be President, not the kick-boxer of Nigeria.
“He is doing his job as the Constitution requires. We all saw how he stood on the podium for hours during his inauguration. He took the salute, oath of office and allegiance, and even inspected the guard of honour. I think we should cut the man some slack.”
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Tinubu has survived all rumours of ill heath
Former APC Campaign Council Coordinator Ene Ogbole expressed the same concern in an interview with The PUNCH.
“That rumour is not new. In fact, if we were to go by speculations and fabrications, I don’t think the President should be alive today. Because there were countless insinuations, rumours and lies here and there,” she said.
“He went strictly on official duty, which was expected of him. It is his constitutional responsibility to liaise with other countries of the world.
“After all, the world is a global village. Things are interwoven. People relate for economic, political, climate and several other reasons. So he has gone for his assignment as we have seen so far and he [is] back.
“By the way, any man can fall ill. As I speak to you, I have arthritis in my legs. I can’t walk well. I’m 40 years plus, not to talk about a man like that. Younger people are falling ill, developing arthritis, dislocation or fracture.
“In fact, anything can happen. We are humans and not machines. Even machines develop faults. So what is wrong with him going to the hospital? But that is not the case. He has only gone for a meeting and [has] come back to move Nigeria forward in a positive direction.”
However, many other Tinubu’s former campaign foot soldiers and spokespersons are evading media attention to avoid blowing their chances of making it into his ministerial list or boards of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).