Rumours that President Bola Tinubu’s secret trip to the United Kingdom on Saturday from the Paris conference was to take care of his failing health have been refuted by the ruling All Progressives Congress.
The change occurs after the president’s Tuesday return to the nation ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir feast.
According to a statement from Dele Alake, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy, Tinubu travelled to London for a brief private visit instead of returning to Abuja as originally planned.
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In addition to taking part in the event, the President met with other heads of state and government, prominent business figures, and the heads of renowned multilateral and development financial institutions from around the world in high-profile side meetings.
His last-minute private visit, however, set tongues wagging all over social media, with trolls and critics insinuating that the former Lagos governor probably used the trip as a smokescreen to visit his doctors.
Reacting in an interview, Director of Publicity for the APC, Bala Ibrahim, refuted the claim.
While stating that such unfounded fear was uncalled for, Ibrahim disclosed that Tinubu has proven throughout his rigorous electioneering campaign and post-inauguration activities that he was fully prepared for the task.
He said;
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. 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 is contesting 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.
