APC marketing campaign flag-off: Opposition, ruling celebration disagree on Tinubu's well being, low turnout

Ibe mentioned the President was medically unfit to steer the nation.

Speaking with DAILY POST on Sunday, Ibe urged the President’s household to prioritise his well-being and take correct care of him as an alternative of transferring him round for campaigns.

He mentioned, “Tinubu is sick and needs medical care. His family should take an honourable decision in the interest of their husband and father and pull him out to give him medical attention.

“Medical care is what Tinubu needs now, not the campaign. If you watch the viral video, you will see him shaking. That’s not a man who is well.

“If you noticed, they were deliberate about how they manipulated their cameras. No camera zoomed in on him. Most of the time he was talking, the camera did not show him.”

Nigeria should cease utilizing its Presidency to deal with sick individuals – Sowore

On his half, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, insisted that President Tinubu was battling a well being disaster, arguing that Nigeria wanted a extra vibrant chief.

Sowore, an activist, mentioned though he had no energy to stop anybody, together with himself, from falling sick, Nigeria wanted leaders whose well being circumstances had been verifiable and dependable.

He dismissed the ruling celebration’s claims that Tinubu was hale and hearty, describing such assurances as lies that will finally expire.

“Here is Remi Tinubu popping what appear to be pills into Tinubu’s mouth during the Kaduna rally.

“This man is sick, I insist. Nigeria must stop using its Presidency to treat sick people,” he mentioned.

However, the APC pushed again towards the claims, insisting that the President is wholesome and able to piloting the affairs of the nation.

God is in command of everyone’s well being – APC founding member, Osita Okechukwu

A founding member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu, has pushed again towards opposition remarks regarding Tinubu’s well being.

Speaking in an interview with DAILY POST, Okechukwu mentioned it was not in African tradition to talk sick of one other individual’s well being, stressing that God remained in command of everybody’s well-being.

According to him, the President was nicely and was looking for votes from Nigerians for a second time period.

He mentioned, “There is a saying in my village that harmattan is approaching and everybody pointed at a dried tree and said that it was going to fall.

“The harmattan eventually came and passed, but it was the fresh tree that fell, not the dried one.

“It is not the culture of Africans to talk about somebody’s health in that manner, except you are a medical expert and Mr President is your patient.

“I find it disturbing that people are talking about somebody’s health like that. If the President says he is fine and he is asking Nigerians to vote for him for a second tenure, I think we should listen to him.

“If we have anything to talk about, it should be about an issue-based campaign, not about his health. It is only the Almighty God that is in charge of all our health.

“I have seen people who go to bed healthy but couldn’t wake up. I dislike that kind of talk from the opposition. I don’t know if there is any culture that supports people speculating about another person’s health.”

Kaduna APC marketing campaign a failure – Opposition

The opposition additionally questioned President Tinubu’s reputation within the North, alleging that the Ranchers Bees Stadium in Kaduna State was largely empty throughout the APC presidential marketing campaign flag-off.

Popular political commentator, Isaac Fayose claimed that the ruling celebration introduced supporters from totally different elements of the nation, together with Delta State, however nonetheless didn’t fill what he described as a 5,000-capacity stadium.

“If you see the APC campaign in Kaduna today, you will know that the party is gone. Everybody hates them now. The governor used a stadium that has only 5,000 capacity, and even with that, they were not able to fill it.

“They have finished the country, and the people are rejecting them everywhere,” he mentioned.

Similarly, Paul Ibe advised DAILY POST that the ruling celebration allegedly tried to hide the poor turnout by limiting digital camera angles on the venue.

“The reason the camera did not show Tinubu is because of the crowd. They were trying to manage the situation. They didn’t want to advertise the empty stadium.

“They were using pictures from Buhari’s campaign in the past for their propaganda, but people have debunked it,” he mentioned.

However, the previous VON DG, Okechukwu, disagreed with the opposition, insisting that the stadium was overflowing.

Contrary to the opposition’s declare, Okechukwu described the rally as successful, stating that he didn’t see the low turnout being alleged.

“The rally turnout was very great. The stadium was filled up. Governor Sani, whom I know, would have preferred the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, but it is under repair and there is no way they could complete it before the rally. That was why they used the Ranchers Bees Stadium.

“I did not see anything like poor attendance. One of the media people showed people outside the stadium who could not get into the main venue,” he mentioned.

He, nevertheless, urged Northerners to not be swayed by these advocating for a northern presidential candidate, arguing that the ADC candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had breached the unwritten power-sharing settlement between the North and South.

“My northern brothers should understand that those marketing Atiku Abubakar as if he is a northern candidate are not friends of the North.

“Nobody should preach the gospel of ‘this is our son’. The son is breaching the understanding reached at the beginning of the Fourth Republic,” he added.