“I am strong, I am Healthy and I am READY to serve Nigeria from Day One”_ Tinubu
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Sunday night, dispelled speculations about his ill health being noised on social media but instead declared that he was not only hale and hearty but also ready to serve Nigeria.
The inaugural meeting of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) is scheduled to hold on Tuesday.
The rumour about Tinubu’s allegedly deteriorating health and even death started last week following his inability to attend the peace accord signing ceremony in Abuja.
Tinubu was conspicuously absent at the exercise undertaken by all other presidential candidates. The vice presidential candidate of the ruling party and former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, represented Tinubu at the event.
But Tinubu, who appeared in a video lasting just seven seconds on Sunday, which was posted on his verified Twitter handle and the Facebook of Tinubu Support Group (TSG), was seen riding a spinning bike.
Tinubu tweeted, “Many have said I have died; others claimed I have withdrawn from the presidential race. Well…nope. This is the reality: I am strong, I am healthy and I am ready to serve Nigeria from day one.”
APC had initially scheduled a Peace Walk and Prayers for September 28, to officially kick off campaigns for the 2023 presidential election and other activities, but it was put off indefinitely. This was after Tinubu jetted out of the country to London, following the release of the list of the 422-member campaign council, which plunged the ruling party into a crisis.
