2023: I’m Very Fit, Sound To Be President – Tinubu

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday said he was very fit to be president.

He said he was in Saudi Arabia where he performed Umrah (Lesser Hajj) and successfully carried out energy-sapping religious exercises that no ailing person can.

In an interview with a Kano-based independent radio station, Freedom Radio, in Saudi Arabia shortly before he returned, Tinubu said: “I just finished performing the Umrah.

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“I did the seven rounds of Tawaf and the seven trips between Safa and Marwa by myself. Can a sick person do that? That is stale news, my brother.

“People who are making those insinuations have nothing else to say but lies and rubbish.

“I have moved around, spoken on different platforms and stood for hours to address different audiences.

“Before, they said I could not walk. They said I could not stand but they are shamed.

“Since the campaign started, I have marshaled more original ideas than anyone else.

“I have demonstrated knowledge, experience, and a great capacity to be on top of issues in the country.

“And this job is about ideas and issues regarding the leadership of our country.

“I have all it takes to be the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“I am asking people of the country to have confidence and respect for that, look at my background and my previous assignments.

“I want to serve the country and serve the country very well.”

The APC standard bearer said his Umrah trip allowed him to pray for the country.

“It is a trip for spiritual rebirth. I like coming to perform the Umrah now and then. It is an opportunity to connect with Almighty Allah, Lam ya lid wa lam yulad.

“We need his guidance. Nigeria needs prayers and that is why we are here praying for our country, self, and society.”