The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari has denied media reports that he was terminally ill and was preparing to go abroad for medical attention.
Buhari spoke to reporters at the Rivers State Governors’ Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Sunday.
Some Nigerian newspapers and on-line publications reported that the former military ruler was terminally ill and has been flown out of the country for medical attention.
He said the reports were orchestrated by desperate individuals seeking to use it to gain undue political advantage.
The APC candidate also used the occasion to debunk allegations that his tenure at the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund was riddled with corruption.
According to him, his tenure at the PTF was thoroughly investigated and the report presented to the then President Olusegun Obasanjo who recently confirmed it.
Buhari said, “(a national daily) reported that I was to jet out for medical checkup yesterday but here I am. I was at Nasarawa and Benue states yesterday; tomorrow I am going to be in two states.
“The day after tomorrow, in two more states. I am doing two states per day. How they got the impression that I was sick I do not know. Although I got cold and that did not stop me from going through my schedule.”
Commenting on medical documents purportedly confirming his alleged poor state of health, Buhari said, “I don’t know of this desperation.
“The issue we are telling Nigerians is that of corruption in this country for the last 16 years the PDP has literally destroyed this country.
“This is the issue and what has my health got to do with that one, have I been sick on daily basis? And (that) document has been put on paper, on tweeter that I am sick and the ABU (Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital) said they are forged documents. This desperation is beyond my understanding.”
When pressed to make a categorical statement on his state of health, Buhari jokingly asked the reporter, “how old are you, 50 years?; I am telling you if go to the field, you would not last the time I will last in the field.”
On his stewardship of the PTF, he said, “That one has been cleared. There is no fraud in PTF, there was an investigation and General Obasanjo has answered that question, he confirmed that there was an investigation and the report was brought to him and there was nothing on ground as far as my management and chairmanship of the PTF was concerned.
“So what else can I say? The person who did the investigation because he was the Head of State he cleared me so what else can I say?” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Mumu northerners, the thing that happened to Yaradua will eventually happen to GMB. Tinubu will dance and have the last laugh.
ReplyDeleteBloody tribalist, face the issues and stop bringing sentiments into this. If the decay in Nigeria is not enough for u to say u want change then please reserve these pointless attacks on the tribes of men and talk positively on what ur GEJ wants to do with his next 4yrs.
DeleteMumu northerners, the thing that happened to Yaradua will eventually happen to GMB. Tinubu will dance and have the last laugh.
ReplyDeleteAnd how about you, you won't die? idiot son of a beast. even if buhari die b4 the election, goodluck would never rule nigeria again.
ReplyDelete@7.51 pm You write as if you are the Creator and Sustainer of life. Who is man whose breath is in his nostrils? Even you may not outlive GBM irrespective if your age. Only God decides when.
ReplyDeleteyes i surport u, gudluck wll not rule us again, the man is as useless and corrupt. Foolish president. Uptill now fuel price in NAIJA Has not drop, no light, no gd road.
ReplyDeleteWe prefer Osinbanjo to a drunkard, clueless dumbo
ReplyDeleteAPC is using this to give media relevance to you. Dont be deceived you are very unpopular.
ReplyDeleteYou fainted in Calabar.
ReplyDeleteThis is not all about northern or southern but I think we need someone who can help us out of this mess happening in Nigeria. God bless Nigeria
ReplyDeleteall ye supporters of GEJ.. I have bad news for you, GEJ will never! never!! never!!! be the president of Nigeria again.... this is to enable him devote more time to ogogoro...useless drunk!!!
ReplyDeleteB. Goodluck Jonathan
ReplyDeleteEveryone is shouting APC. complaining that PDP has ruled for 16 years! Almost all the corrupt PDP members are now in APC. If you say PDP has failed then APC will definitely fail because the former PDP members are now APC members. Atiku, Amechi, speaker, decamped PDP senators and reps. Where is the change coming from. Who is more corrupt than Tinubu? You are shouting Buhari will fight corruption, go back to history and read the trend of the so called corrupt politicians he arrest, they were mainly those he deem partial opposition to military rule. He silenced anyone who dare talked about the return of civilian rule. Have you people forgotten Tai Solarin? What did he do and what happened to him? So the man who enforced military rule and tortured anyone who dare spoke of democracy should now be made president under civilian rule? If it were developed nation, Buhari will never be allowed to contest any democratic position, not even landlord associations talkless the highest position in Nigeria.
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If insurgency stops, if Buhari becomes president, that is if he ever win, it will definitely not be because he will fight or fought Boko Haram. It will be a clear case of the north wanting a Muslim on seat. All Islamic associations, foreign and local will intervain, telling BH, that their own is on seat, that north/islam has finally gotten power. Imagine the Arewa forum while declaring their support for Buhari said that "they are meant to and mandated to support only northern candidacy. So even if the northern aspirant is the BH itself, they must support him/her? Rubish! And Abia is giving Buhari a chieftency title. Goto north as a southerner and expect same.
Buhari is definitely highly over praised! This was what happened to GEJ when he was coming in. Now the few he (GEJ) did did not match expectations so he is seen as a failure. To be frank, GEJ is the most democratic president Nigeria has ever had. Go to other countries and insult the president the way GEJ has been treated.
A tiger will never change its strips. Buhari will definitely fail expectations.
Buhari is too old and can not, can not, can not, is not fit to handle the position. We will spend our democracy handling a sick president. The idea of OBJ and Tinubu is, if buhari wins, he won't finish the 4 or 8 years. He will either die on seat or resign for health challenges. Then power will return to the west. Why do you think VP was certainly drawn from the west even when they had many credible candidates?
Vote wisely! GEJ had many affiliations to please for him to have had the publicity and endorsement in 2011 election. So he had to please them all. But this 2015! When he wins, all hell will let loose. This time he wil not please anyone because he is not coming back. So he will rule like the commander-in-chief that he is.
Should Buhari win, he will not jump into solving all problems, not even corruption. People ensure that he gets there. So he MUST look away at somethings we term corruption.
What economic reform can be more than what GEJ is adopting; encouraging local production and discouraging importation. China became an economic world power because of the closed economy they practised, which GEJ is encouraging. Look around, Nigeria is change and Jonathan government has sensitised everyone to participate in politics. Governments before him killed and silenced every grassroot interest in politics. But now, we can write, campaign and advertise politics as we wish. THIS IS DEMOCRACY! So embrace and retain it.
If you fail a class in school, they will tell you to repeat! So if GEJ has failed, let him repeat. Plus if GEJ was a northerner they would have insisted he complete the 8 years due for every president!
For these and for more, I will vote Jonathan.
Good reasoning,don't mind insatiable Nigerians. If Buhari wins,their eyes will clear.
DeleteThere's a possibility that Buhari would be better than Jonathan but there's no possibility that Jonathan would be better than Jonathan.
DeleteThat is a lie. There is no need to published what you do not know. Even if GMB fainted, we will still note him because of his faithfulness
ReplyDeleteCongratualtions to Goodluck Jonathan in advance!
ReplyDeleteNigerians don't let anyone mumu you, these people want power shift to the North by all means that is why you see them in the dilemma of wickedness of killings without conciense
ReplyDeleteIf we want to be tribalistic is rather vote Buhari cos his vice is a westerner cos the average southerner is voting Jonathan cos he's from the south. Even of my town person messes up while in power I would vote him out. Only a foolish person does the same thing and expects a different result. This is to the supporters of Jonathan.
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