The Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday urged residents to pray for
the quick recovery of the former governor and national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,
who it said was ill and had travelled for treatment in a London hospital.
The PDP also urged Tinubu’s family and the Lagos State Government to be honest on the state
of health of the former governor.
In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, the party said Lagosians were interested
in knowing the true state of health of the former governor “whose medical bill is being paid with
their taxes.”
The party said information about Tinubu’s health would help Lagos residents extend all necessary
support to the former governor.
He said, “We wish the former governor, Bola Tinubu, quick recovery as we are made to know from
the grapevine that he is ill and in a hospital outside the country. We also feel that the family and the
state government should have the obligation to let Lagosians know the actual state of his health.
“It will not be a bad thing if the former governor appears on television or speaks on phone for broadcast.
Indeed Lagosians are humanitarian and would readily support him in prayers. Such honest disclosure
will also dispel rumours of his death or paralysis that is being spread around”
There have been speculations that Tinubu was ill in London but his aides and officials of his party refuted it.
On his Facebook page last week, Tinubu’s media aide, Sunday Dare, said, “I find the idle charter on some
online sites about the alleged ill health of Tinubu as amusing. That some idle minds have continued to perpetuate this absolute falsehood to the point of the ridiculous is disgusting.
“They deserve our prayers for wishing what is not on someone else. For the record, Tinubu is in
great shape and his associates who see him and speak with him know this. He is in London
helping the APC spread the word about its mission of change. He returns to the country soon
and those that wish him dead will be put to shame.”
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