The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has asked Nigerians questioning his health status if he looks sick.
“I’m standing before you, do I look like a sick man?” Tinubu asked rhetorically at a function on Saturday in the northern city of Kano.
Mr Tinubu, who was addressing the Kano Business Community Council, sought to dismiss concerns about his health, which has themed most discussions, since he emerged the flag bearer for the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2023 elections.
As he had maintained before, Mr Tinubu argued that his presidential ambition should not be judged on his physical fitness as he was “not running for a 100-yard or 500-yard race. I am running for the presidency.”
Mr Tinubu asserted that people who complain about his health are “ignorant”, adding that his opposition are only jealous because he is the “smarter” candidate.
“I am not competing in WWE wrestling,” he stressed.
The APC flag bearer said a resounding victory would shut the mouth of his naysayers, urging his audience to “Vote me out of their reach.”
“Vote me 100%. They will stop complaining because I am smarter than they are,” he added.
Mr Tinubu, 70, has been a subject stern scrutiny for his health after Nigerians endured long days leadership vacuum under incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari as he tended to his health abroad while state affairs suffered vigorously.
