Former Governor of Lagos state Bola Asiwaju Tinubu
returned to Lagos Thursday Sept 18 after a prolonged trip abroad. Speaking
to journalists at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, the
APC chieftain denied rumours that he was seriously ill. He said he was
never indisposed during his trip abroad.
“I’m as fit as a fiddle. There was nothing wrong before I
left the country. We had the Osun gubernatorial election and I’d 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.
On why he refused to divulge his location
while abroad, Tinubu said, “I don’t have to disclose to people my
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.”
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