Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Organization has said that the health status of General Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of the rival All Progressives Congress (APC) is now a major issue that gives the party cause for concern.
“We are not impressed at the fact that his campaign organization and his political party have tried to speak for him on this matter and we would prefer that General Buhari himself clears the air and tells the Nigerian people himself that he is not mortally ill.
“The rumour that he is suffering from prostrate cancer is exceptionally worrying and it is incumbent upon each and everyone of us to pray for him if this rumour is true.”
In a statement, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, that PDP wanted to have full disclosure about the status of Buhari’s health.
“The truth is that the Nigerian people deserve to know the truth before they make their choice about who they will vote for as their President in February. “The days of hiding things like a presidential candidate’s health status from the Nigerian public are long over and we would urge General Buhari to acknowledge this. In this day and age, nothing ought to be swept under the carpet.
“We are therefore constrained to urge him to prove to the Nigerian people that he really is as ”fit as a fiddle”, as the spokesman of his Presidential Campaign Organisation has said, by taking a brisk walk or even jogging around the perimeter of the stadium before any of his rallies. If he can do that, it will go a long way to allay the fears of many.” [myad]
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