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From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State and the Convener of The Alternative Movement, Segun Showunmi, has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is in good health and of sound mind for re-election in 2027, dismissing allegations that the President just returned from a medical vacation.
Showunmi equally said the President’s absence at the just-concluded United Nations General Assembly was not due to ill health, but a working vacation during which critical investments were secured for the country, including a $700 billion gas investment and a $17 billion seaport investment for Ogun State.
He stated this on Thursday in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, during a town hall meeting held in continuation of his advocacy to rally support for the re-election of President Tinubu in 2027.
According to him, those peddling rumours about the President’s health are naysayers indulging in self-hate and only rejoicing at bad news.
He noted that the way the President was seen bouncing when he alighted from the plane does not portray someone who is unfit.
Showunmi stressed that the Presidency is one, and wherever the Vice-President acts in a representative capacity, it is as good as the President himself being present, adding that what matters is that Nigeria was duly represented at the UNGA.
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“The President is in good health. The President is of sound mind. The way you saw him bouncing when he was coming from the plane, does that look like someone who was unwell? You must beg the people of Nigeria. You cannot indulge in continuous self-hate to the extent that all you’re looking for is bad news. The United Nations that people talk about, they don’t probably know that the presidency is one. Anywhere you see the Vice-President acting in a capacity as the representative of the President, it is as good as the President is standing there.
“Look at the President, should he have left a $700 billion investment towards gas in this country so that I can sit down and be taking pictures with some people in the United Nations? Or should he have left the $17 billion investment in a seaport for our Ogun State while he’s busy taking pictures? The ones who have been going to the United Nations all these days, including the one we even did with Tafawa Balewa, the Golden Voice of Africa, what has been the result? The United Nations is just a gathering of one person saying, yes sir, I am here, they’ve seen me, and Nigeria has been represented, and that is enough.
“Never listen to the ideas of naysayers. Never listen to the ideas of people who hate themselves and only laugh at mischief and at bad news. You will never hear them, especially those so-called presidential candidates. They will never rejoice if anything good comes to Nigeria. By the time they hear there’s a small challenge, they’ll be rejoicing,” Showunmi stated.
He explained that the purpose of his visit to Ijebu North, which he described as one of the most influential local governments in Ogun East alongside Sagamu, was to beg the people not just for victory for the President, but for maximum available votes.
He declared that he is tired of Ogun not matching its population strength at the polls, noting that with almost 3 million registered voters, the state has no reason not to produce vote numbers that can rival Kano, Katsina and Kaduna.
