The political camp of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has claimed that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, traveled to Europe for medical reasons.
One of Atiku’s media aides, Daniel Bwala, insisted on Wednesday that Tinubu’s trip to Europe is more of medical than working visit as claimed by his media aid Tunde Rahman.
Bwala said calling Tinubu’s journey a working trip is wrong, because he is not the president yet.
Bwala tweeted: “Now they have learned to call the medical follow-up trip a working trip. Hold on; he is not yet the president, so technically, it is wrong to call it a working trip or visit. His media people should learn to humanize him so they do not have to make lies statecraft.
“We have seen the movie before. Whilst PMB’s media people were busy saying the president is on a working trip or visit, PMB keeps saying “I have never been this sick before”. I thought Tinubu’s media aides would learn from that; alas if it didn’t Dey, it didn’t Dey.”
A statement by Tinubu’s spokesperson Tunde Rahman had said the President-elect will use the opportunity of his trip to Europe to fine tune the transition plans, programmes and policy options with key aides without distractions.
Tinubu is also expected to engage with investors and allies to market investment opportunities for the country during his trip.