Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has dispelled rumours that foremost presidential candidate in the country and national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was rushed off the stage due to health concerns at his rally in Minna, the Niger State capital on Wednesday.
Onanuga explained that the former Lagos state governor only had to address the crowd due to the up to their unprecedented size and also to attend other programmes scheduled for the day.
He made this known in a press statement obtained by Theliberationnews from the website of the APC presidential candidate and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima on Wednesday.
“A massive crowd of APC supporters welcomed the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to Minna on Wednesday, as he arrived for the mega rally.
“The cheering crowd was unprecedented, according to journalists at the Trade Fair Complex, the venue of the rally.
“Tinubu, who held another successful rally in Kaduna on Tuesday, arrived in Minna in the evening of the same day for a series of meetings with APC leaders.
“The crowd was so huge that Tinubu spoke briefly to appreciate the supporters and identified the party candidates seeking elective positions.
“Contrary to the rumours that he was rushed off stage because of health concerns, Tinubu cut it short to attend to other programmes of the day.
“He commended the party supporters for coming out en masse to witness the flag off of the presidential campaign,” the statement read.
It was gathered that Tinubu, after the rally, inaugurated his campaign office in the city, donated by Blueprint Newspaper Publisher and Chairman, Strategic Communications of the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council, Mohammed Malagi and also paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Minna and was later hosted in a luncheon organised by the Governor of Niger, Abubakar Bello.
