The Presidency has refuted reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu is sick and might be flown abroad for medical treatment.
Recall that the Nigerian Institute for Investigative Journalism had last week suggested, citing unnamed sources, that the presidential medical team was set to evacuate the President for treatment.
The report revealed that Tinubu was bedridden, and Vice President Kashim Shettima has been representing him at official engagements.
However, reacting, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media, AbdulAziz AbdulAziz, in a new interview with BBC Hausa, described the claims as false.
“There is no truth in these statements. He is still in office,” he simply said.
Questions over the President Tinubu’s whereabouts first emerged after he was absent at the August 3 ceremony honouring Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, where Shettima stood in for him.
Tinubu was last seen in public on August 1 at the opening of the Summit on Journalism for National Development.
Before then, the President showed up at a reception for the Super Falcons following their triumph at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
