The Lagos State chapter of Peoples
Democratic Party on Thursday urged residents to pray for the quick
recovery of the former governor and national leader of the APC, Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu, who it said was ill and had travelled for treatment in a
London hospital.
In a statement by its Publicity
Secretary, Taofik Gani, the party said Lagosians were interested in
knowing the true state of health of the former governor “whose medical
bill is being paid with their taxes.”
The party said information about Tinubu’s health would help Lagos residents extend all necessary support to the former governor.
He said, “We wish the former governor,
Bola Tinubu, quick recovery as we are made to know from the grapevine
that he is ill and in a hospital outside the country. We also feel that
the family and the state government should have the obligation to let
Lagosians know the actual state of his health.
“It will not be a bad thing if the former
governor appears on television or speaks on phone for broadcast. Indeed
Lagosians are humanitarian and would readily support him in prayers.
Such honest disclosure will also dispel rumours of his death or
paralysis that is being spread around”
There have been speculations that Tinubu was ill in London but his aides and officials of his party refuted it.
On his Facebook page last week, Tinubu’s
media aide, Sunday Dare, said, “I find the idle charter on some online
sites about the alleged ill health of Tinubu as amusing. That some idle
minds have continued to perpetuate this absolute falsehood to the point
of the ridiculous is disgusting.
“They deserve our prayers for wishing
what is not on someone else. For the record, Tinubu is in great shape
and his associates who see him and speak with him know this. He is in
London helping the APC spread the word about its mission of change. He
returns to the country soon and those that wish him dead will be put to
shame.”
