Can Tinubu's Health Survives Presidency? El-Rufai Finally Opens Up

Can Tinubu's Health Survives Presidency? El-Rufai Finally Opens Up

  • Nasir El-Rufai, the Kaduna state governor, has said for personal reasons, he does not pass judgment on people's health
  • According to the governor, doing so is like passing a curse on oneself because no one knows who will die first, particularly those above 60
  • However, El-Rufai maintained that the time he has spent with Tinubu proved to him that the APC presidential candidate has the mental capacity to govern Nigeria

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Kaduna - Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state, has finally commented on the heath status of Bola Tinubu, the presidential torchbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The governor noted that he has no access to his medical report, but he believes that any person above the age of 60 has health problems, such as high blood pressure.

Nasir El-Rufai/Bola Tinubu/APC/2023 Election
El-Rufai reveals Tinubu's major health challenges Photo Credit: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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The governor disclosed this while speaking in an interview with Premium Times.

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Satirically, the governor said:

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"I don't have high BP; I give people high BP".

The superstition of passing judgment on people's health, El-Rufai says

He then went further to say that he dislike passing judgment on people's health because that could be a curse on him based on his experience.

The governor narrated that:

"I still remember the funeral committee of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe when he was rumoured to be dead, and Okafor and Mbadiwe constituted themselves into the funeral committee. Then it was found that Azikiwe was not dead, and then, all of them died before him."

El-Rufai added that another reason he does not pass judgment on peoples health, particularly those who are above 60, no one knows who will go first.

He disclosed that though Tinubu's has leg problem, he insisted that the APC candidate has the mental capacity to govern the country based on the time they spent discussing.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state, has said he is speaking up against President Muhammadu Buhari's naira redesign policy because of 3 of many reasons.

The governor disclosed that the progressives governors cared about President Buhari's legacy and are working to preserve it.

According to El-Rufai, he is closer to Buhari among the governors and is responsible for telling him the truth when he is getting it wrong.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop, Journalism AI Discovery. He previously worked as Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng