By Matthew Tabe
The Director of Media and Publicity of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, has said that Bola Tinubu left the stage at his rally in Minna abruptly had nothing to do with ill-health as it was widely reported.
According to Onanuga, the former Governor of Lagos state had other functions to attend to which led him to cut short his appearance at the rally in Minna.
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It will be recalled that the APC Presidential Candidate was reported to have been rushed out of the stage during the campaign in Minna, Niger state Capital on Wednesday which has fuleed rumours it is based on medical grounds.
According to Onanuga, the brief address by Tinubu at the rally was because he has other engagements for the day.
He disclosed this in a statement shared on the official website of the APC presidential candidate and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima.
The statement read, “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.
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“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.”
After the rally, Tinubu inaugurated his campaign office in the city, donated by Blueprint Newspaper Publisher and Chairman of Strategic Communications of the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council, Mohammed Malagi.
He also paid a visit to the Emir of Minna and was later hosted in a luncheon organized by the Governor of Niger, Abubakar Bello.