The Presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has denied
media reports that he is terminally ill.
But shortly after he made the denial
in Abuja on Sunday, the Peoples Democratic Party challenged him to
take a brisk walk or jog round a stadium if, indeed, he was hale and
hearty.
Some newspapers and on-line publications had in their Sunday editions, published that the former
military ruler was to be flown out of the country for medical attention.
Buhari told journalists that the report
on his state of health was orchestrated by some individuals not only
to gain undue political advantage but to divert public attention from
corruption which had assumed the front burner of national discourse.
He said, “There were reports that I was
to jet out for medical check-up yesterday (Saturday) but here I am. I
was in Nasarawa and Benue states yesterday (Saturday) and tomorrow
(today), I will be in two states.
“The day after tomorrow (Tuesday), I will
be in two more states. I sincerely don’t know how they got the
impression that I was sick. I had a cold but it did not stop me
from going through my schedule.”
Buhari added that a medical document purportedly confirming his alleged poor state of health was fake.
When asked to make a categorical
statement on his health, Buhari jokingly asked the reporter, “How old
are you, 50 years? I can tell you that if we go to the field, you
will not stay as long as I would.”
The APC candidate also used the occasion
to debunk allegations that his tenure at the defunct Petroleum Trust
Fund was riddled with corruption.
He said that the PTF was investigated
and the report presented to the then President Olusegun Obasanjo, who
recently confirmed it. ...Punch
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