The All Progressives Congress (APC) National leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu has been reportedly hospitalized in Maryland, United States where he is to undergo a surgery.
The 69-year-old businessman, who is also the former Lagos State governor, has been positioned for the 2023 presidency. It was further gathered that Tinubu, who has had several medical, trips this year alone with a surgery last week could be billed for another one over a yet-to-be-disclosed illness.
The APC as a party functions in the country for a long time, amidst talks that he is being positioned for the 2023 presidency to succeed ythe incumbent repressive regime of Muhammadu Buhari.
“Tinubu is hospitalized in Maryland, US. His health is failing. He couldn’t participate in launching his Arewa library, and he couldn’t participate in the Local Government Area elections last week. He could not attend today’s APC congress due to health reasons.
“He had a surgery last week,” an authorized source disclosed.
Recall that In January 2021, Tinubu was as well reported sick, hospitalized in Paris, France where he had earlier complained of exhaustion and had travelled out to rest before the news of his collapse gone viral.
He was flown to Paris for medical attention in the first week of January. Also, in June 15, News got it that he was in Paris, battling some old age illnesses.
“Tinubu is in Paris, France for a medical checkup. His health is deteriorating. Old age and other stuff, but he still wants to be president. This could mean another medical tourism presidency for our country,” a top notch source had at that time revealed.
The conspicuous absence of Tinubu during the one-day working visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to commission various projects in Lagos State.
Our source had learnt that the Presidency, against its former custom, refused to extend an invitation to Tinubu ahead of the visit which should make him feel welcome at the ceremony, and the camp of the APC leader felt embarrassed by the Presidency’s decision.
He did not feel comfortable to stay in Lagos during the Presidential visit in order to hide the growing battle between the two – from public glare and he instead decided to embark on a strange journey.
Before now, Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman had tried his possible best to downplay the obvious rift between the two leaders and their camps, saying that the interview the President granted to Arise Interview where he mentioned Lagos was not in reference to Buhari.
“You cannot sit there in Lagos, for instance, and decide on the fate of APC on zoning,” Buhari said this while responding to a question during the interview.
“The hope of this administration is to see APC last beyond it. Therefore we should allow the party to decide. The restructuring of the party has begun from the bottom to the top with the membership card registration. Every member of the party must be involved. We will soon conduct our convention. No single member of the party will be allowed to go against the wish of the party.”
Garba had maintained that there was no rift between the two leaders and the reference to Lagso was not to Tinubu.
