ILL- HEALTH RUMOUR: TINUBU RETURNS TO NIGERIA...DECLARES SELF AS "SOLID, FIT"

Former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to Lagos, Nigeria Thursday night after a 5-week vacation outside the country, amidst rumours about his ill-health in the social media.
He told reporters on arrival: “I am solid, fit as a fiddle. I never needed Panadol except when I visited my friend, the dentist. I am glad to be back.

There was nothing wrong before I left the country. We had the Osun gubernatorial election and I had planned a long vacation and some other research assignments in the political arena. It was to learn from people who had experienced the development of opposition parties in the past,” he said.

Tinubu said he had no obligation to disclose his vacation location, “But it was very shocking and sad that there were speculations about my health. This is a sign of the lack of trust people have for leadership in the country. When I had the knee

problem, I disclosed to Nigerians that I was going for a knee surgery and I came back. Even then, they started peddling rumors. I don’t know whether some people deliberately insinuate that I have a medical problem. It seems like a deliberate falsehood to me. It is all lies. There was no day that I had the need for even Panadol since I left
this country for this trip. I was very busy, reading and talking to people of great intelligence that I believe I could gain from politically.”

He asked for divine forgiveness for those spreading the rumours on his health, but then added that he wishes them all that they wish for him.

Speaking on Nigerian politics, the APC leader said that Nigerians had become tired of the kind of leadership provided by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “The entire nation has lost its trust in the ruling party. It is a challenging time and we have to be very careful. The APC has all the ingredients to save Nigeria and we shall save our dear country,” he said.