The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed concern over the health condition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, after he told President Muhammadu Buhari his intention to contest for president in 2023.
The ACF, at a press conference in Kaduna on Saturday, said it would be a disaster for Nigeria to move from a President who is constantly travelling to Europe for medical attention to another in the same situation.
But the National Publicity Secretary of ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, charged that “any person with a convincing medical report that Mr Tinubu is not fit to run for Nigeria’s president should come out and speak before it is too late.
“Those with evidence that the former Lagos governor is unwell should save Nigerians the agony of having a sick president after President Muhammadu Buhari.
“If people have issues or evidence about Tinubu’s 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,” Yawe said.
“The people who have the evidence that Tinubu is not strong enough for the office of President should save us the agony of having a sick President in office. They should speak out.
“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 again,” the group said.
Meanwhile, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) had warned Nigerians not to repeat the mistake of electing another politician in the mould of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2023 general elections.
NEF issued the warning through its spokesperson, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, while addressing journalists at the Arewa House Kaduna on Saturday.
“Northerners were told that if Buhari becomes president, the country would be secured; he will fight corruption; the economy will improve. But now, we are worse. This is not propaganda; it is not fiction. It is a fact on the ground,” he said.