National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that contrary to speculations that the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu was sick and hospitalised in France, the APC Leader has returned to the country.
Tinubu has just returned to Nigeria on Tuesday after a brief holiday abroad.
There have been speculations that Tinubu’s health had continued to deteriorate and that he was currently receiving medical treatment at an unspecified hospital abroad.
However, one of the APC Leader’s aides, who returned to the country with him told The Guild that Tinubu was hale and healthy, adding that he just returned into the country with the ex-governor of Lagos State.
He said that news of the APC Leader being hospitalised was yet to reach Tinubu’s media team, assuring that the team would respond to the rumours once Tinubu settles down.
The aide who disclosed that Tinubu arrived in Nigeria at 7 pm on Tuesday added that he was in a good state of health before departure and arrival into the country.
“We landed in the country a few minutes ago but before then, we have been within the country’s airspace. And I can tell you categorically that the man you asked for is more fit than anyone else that accompanied him on the trip.
He added, “So I do not understand why anyone would even say that he is not okay. I was with him on the trip and I know that any speculation made on him is completely false.”
Before the clarification made by the aide, the founder of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Movement, Abiodun Ajiboye, has debunked the rumour, describing it as the handiwork of mischief makers and cynics in the country.
Ajiboye, in a statement, explained that the story lack details and other criteria that would further verify that truly the Lagos ex-governor was hospitalised.
He said, “looking through the story, you can see that the story is not professionally written, the story refused to disclose the precise time he was flown out and nature of the ailment, the story refused to state the surrounding circumstances and lastly, they do not even know the name of the hospital he has been flown to.
“All this simply attest to the fact that it is not a credible story, but rumour to fill the media space. For the avoidance of doubt, Asiwaju has a registered hospital he attends in London and his regular doctors who have his medical history. So, the question of undisclosed location is just to lay further credence to the fact that the report is fake news.
He, therefore, confirmed, “By and large, it is not uncommon for Asiwaju at 69 to go for regular medical check-ups, I hereby implore all and sundry to disregard the news flying around about his state of health, he is hale and hearty. Asiwaju is due back today, as I speak, he is due back very shortly.”