James Orji
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF has warned Nigerians to avoid a situation where somebody with serious health challenges will become the President of the country. The Forum spoke amidst the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who, according to his critics, is not fit to rule the country due to his health challenges.
The former Lagos state governor and National Leader of the All rogressives Congress, APC was, last year, in London for three months to receive treatment for an undisclosed ailment. Many fear that a Tinubu Presidency would be a replication of he tenures of Presidents Umaru Yar’Adua and Muhammadu Buhari, who spent most part of their presidency treating ailments that kept them away from office. To avoid such situations, ACF has urged Nigerians privy to Tinubu’s health to present evidence that he’s not fit to rule the country.
In the absence of such critical evidence, the Forum said , the former governor, who made his presidential ambition public, last week, should be allowed to proceed with his presidential bid in 2023.
ACF spokesman Emmanuel Yawe, stated this, on Friday, amid a resolution by Southern and Middle Belt leaders that they will not back a Northern candidate for presidency.
According to him “if people have issues or evidence about his (Tinubu) health, let them come out and speak. Let them provide evidence that he is not strong enough to contest for the Presidency or hold the office.
“The people, who have the evidence that Tinubu is not strong enough for the office of Presidency, should save us the agony of having a sick President in office. They should speak out.The Forum said the Pre6 Yar’ Adua’s situation must not be allowed to repeat itself.
ACF said “so, if we know that somebody is sick, we should not allow him to take over that office. It is a serious office that will determine the future of millions of citizens. In a complex country like Nigeria, we should not allow somebody that is not medically fit to occupy such office and mess all of us up.
“President Muhammadu Buhari is always travelling abroad for medical attention, and Nigerians would be organising demonstrations to force him back home. It was really embarrassing. We should not allow such things to happen”.
After months of speculations, Tinubu, after a meeting with President Buhari in Aso Rock, Presidential Villa, said he has made up his mind to contest for president.
“I’ve informed the president of my intention but I have not informed Nigerians yet. I’m still consulting. And I have no problem consulting. I’ve not set a parameter of limitation to the extent of how many people I will consult.
