The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, countered speculations describing its presidential flag-bearer, Bola Tinubu, as unfit for the presidency, adding that the latter is “hale and hearty”.
The clarification is coming against the backdrop of the allegation by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, that Tinubu is not fit to rule the country.
Reacting in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, Director of Media and Publicity for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, described Obi as an ‘incurable liar.’
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“We want to make it crystal clear to all the traducers of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate that Asiwaju Tinubu is not ill.
“He is hale and hearty. A man who works for 20 hours a day, meeting people and strategising about finding solutions to Nigeria’s problems, cannot be said to be ill.
“We make bold to say that our candidate is as fit as the fiddle.
“We find these statements unbecoming of a man who nurses the ambition to be Nigeria’s next President. Since he is not Asiwaju’s doctor and is not privy to his medical record, Obi has again disgracefully elevated what has for long been a beer parlour gossip and social media lie being propagated by his IPOB supporters.
“Obi in his characteristic manner is amplifying falsehood, which should not have a place in a decent political campaign.
“We believe that political leaders should be guided in their utterances and be sticklers for the truth, but Obi has thrown all caution to the wind, pronouncing on issues he has no moral and professional competence to make a judgment call on,” the statement partly read.