Tinubu Travelled For Vacation, Not Health Reasons – Onanuga

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has debunked speculations that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been taken abroad for medical treatment.

The media has been occupied with news of the former Lagos governor’s alleged illness and how he was flown to London, United Kingdom, late on Tuesday night.

The development is coming hours after Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, filed a petition at the election tribunal to challenge the outcome of Saturday’s presidential poll that produced the president-elect.

Reacting to the news of Tinubu’s illness on Wednesday, the APC PCC Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, denied the allegation, saying his principal only went to rest abroad.

Onanuga added that he would also use the opportunity of vacation to go for Umrah (lesser Hajj) after observing the annual Muslim fast.

He said, “Which Asiwaju is ill. Was he not seen when he went to cast his vote? Does he look like a sick man? The man just travelled on vacation. He went to take a rest. I think he wants to use the opportunity to observe Ramadan outside the country and move to Umrah from there before returning to Nigeria.

“This man has been on the move since last year and, sincerely, deserves all the rest he can get. His office will soon issue a statement.”