My political opponents are at it again – Tinubu

A former Governor of Lagos State and leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said his political opponents are at work again with the “rumour” about his ill-health.
Tinubu said that those who are behind the rumour have failed to distract him from helping the country find solutions to the more urgent problems of unemployment, grinding poverty, corruption, hopelessly bad infrastructure and a government badly in need of good advice.

In a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Sunday Dare, Tinubu said the plot started with the attempt to use the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Code of Conduct Bureau to silence him.
He said that he is in good health.
Dare’s statement reads in part: “It is the figment of the wicked imagination of the writer and fits perfectly into the smear political campaign by his political opponents which began last year to wish him ill, to weaken his political clout and get him out of the way. The sponsors of this campaign of calumny are known and will soon be unmasked. This is not new.  
“There is a pattern here. It began with the attempt to use EFCC to shut Asiwaju up which woefully failed.
“Then the Code of Conduct tribunal case, which turned out to be pure political witch-hunt based on fabricated and unsubstantiated allegations.
“Again, he triumphed. The rumour over his ill-health which has been on for almost a year now is the latest ploy of his political detractors to taint his rising political profile.
“I am engaged daily with thoughts and activities on how to move this country forward and make it better for millions. We are confronted with finding solutions to the more urgent problems of unemployment, grinding poverty, corruption, hopelessly bad infrastructure and a government badly in need of good advice.
“This diversionary tactics to distract me from the urgent task has already failed. Those that think I am paralysed in the body are unfortunately the ones paralysed in the mind and who need urgent medical help.”